Does a worker’s productivity depend on their co-workers' productivity? @th_cornelissen @Uni_of_Essex tells you more here: 'Do social interactions in the workplace lead to productivity spillover among co-workers?'

When the state subsidizes or provides #childcare, #eldercare, among other services, it can lower the #opportunitycosts of #femaleemployment. @NorbertoPignat1 @TbilisiU: 'Encouraging women’s labor force participation in transition countries'.

#Eurostat Share of pupils from age 3 years to the starting age of compulsory education at primary level who are enrolled in early childhood education, 2022 (%)

"Subsidizing preschool only for mothers for whom affordability is the main barrier to work may be a more cost-effective way to increase maternal labor supply."@Sarah_Cattan @nesta_uk says in her @IZAWorldofLabor article. #preschool #maternalemployment

Recent studies explore the impact of #InternationalMigration on #InstitutionalDevelopment in the countries of origin. Read this article by @e_lodigiani @UniPadova: 'The effect of emigration on home-country political institutions'.

In order to reach poor #women #socialprotection programs in #developingcountries need to be easy accessible and flexible. Read more here: 'Social protection programs for women in developing countries' - by @CameronLisaA @UniMelb.

Effective measures to reduce motherhood #wagepanelty could include the provision of public #childcare and #ParentalLeave of moderate duration. @olniz @UniKent: 'Motherhood wage penalty may affect pronatalist policies'.

Ian Schmutte @amazon: 'How do social networks affect labor markets?' - Job-referral #networks can make labor markets more productive and efficient but may increase the importance of #luck in #jobmatches.

Labor force participation rates paint only a partial picture of women’s work. More important is understanding the quality of women’s employment, says @sher_verick @ilo in his article: 'Female labor force participation and development'.

RT @EUCYPRUS: A 🆕 #EurydiceEU report on the state of Early Childhood Education and Care across Europe is now available! 👶 The data, collec…

RT @ilo: #SocialJustice means: 🤝Fairness ⚖️ Equality 🕊️ Dignity for all workers. For us, it's about ensuring that every person, regardl…

'Do childcare policies increase maternal employment?' by @DVuri2 @DEF_TorVergata. Subsidized childcare increases the labor supply of mothers, depending on their employment status and the quality and availability of care.

'Childcare expansion and mothers’ employment in post-socialist countries' by Anna Lovász @uwtacoma: Expansion of #childcare in Europe's post-socialist countries is an important factor in improving low maternal #laborsupply and #fertility rates.

A Spanish reform that let parents reduce #workinghours by up to half while their youngest child was under six positively impacted #mothers' labor supply and income. -> see IZA DP No. 17509 by @adequinto @EU_ScienceHub and @LibertadGonLu @UPFBarcelona.

RT @MichaelOpielka: Deutsche Uneinheit Ost/West in der #Familienpolitik Differenzierte Erinnerung von ⁦@CK_Spiess⁩

RT @bib_bund: Wäre der westdeutsche Vorreiter in der #Kita-Betreuung unter Dreijähriger - Hamburg - eine Region in #Ostdeutschland, hätte e…

#Immigrants face an initial decline in their #OccupationalStatus when they enter the labor market but their position improves as they acquire more country-specific #HumanCapital. Read this article by Aslan Zorlu @UvA_Amsterdam:

New Opinon Piece out today: 'Family-friendly reforms: Do they support or stall mothers’ long-term careers?' by @adequinto @EU_ScienceHub and @LibertadGonLu @UPFBarcelona. #workfamilybalance #maternity #workhours #Spain

RT @boeckler_de: Betreuung als Glückssache? Unzuverlässige Öffnungszeiten von Kitas & Ganztagsschulen werden zu einer immer größeren Belast…

Providing quality #childcare, promoting a “junk food free environment” and flexible working arrangements for parents can help prevent childhood #obesity. -> @gwencke @jlugiessen: 'Is maternal employment related to childhood obesity?'