Chiara Pronzato

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the impact of social policies and labour market characteristics on women's decisions regarding work and childbearing, using data from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP), and find that a non-negligible portion of the differences in labour market participation decisions of women from different European countries can be attributed to characteristics of their social policies.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the role of the extended parental leave in the return to work for mothers of newborn children and found that longer periods of job protection increase the risk of returning to work; on the other hand, providing paid leaves increased the probability of remaining at home during the first year of life of the child.

TL;DR: A positive and significant effects of child care availability on both mothers’ working status and children’s Language test scores are indicated and the impact of a percentage change in public child care on mothers�’ employment and children's Language test score is greater in provinces where child care available is more limited.

TL;DR: In this article, the role of grandparents' childcare provision on their adult children's fertility behavior was analyzed using data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) for eleven European countries.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of grandparental childcare on mothers' labour supply was investigated using an instrumental variable approach on Italian data, finding that the effect was positive, statistically significant and economically relevant.