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Motherhood and flexible jobs: Evidence from Latin American countries

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  • Inés Berniell
  • Lucila Berniell
  • Dolores de la Mata
  • Mariá Edo
  • Mariana Marchionni

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We study the causal effect of motherhood on labour market outcomes in Latin America by adopting an event study approach around the birth of the first child based on panel data from national household surveys for Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. Our main contributions are: (i) providing new and comparable evidence on the effects of motherhood on labour outcomes in developing countries; (ii) exploring the possible mechanisms driving these outcomes; (iii) discussing the potential links between child penalty and the prevailing gender norms and family policies in the region.

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  • Inés Berniell & Lucila Berniell & Dolores de la Mata & Mariá Edo & Mariana Marchionni, 2021. "Motherhood and flexible jobs: Evidence from Latin American countries," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2021-33, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    child penalty; event study; female labour supply; Self-employment; Informality; Developing countries; Latin America; Gender norms; Family policy;
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