The Labor Force Participation of Married Mothers in Spain and Britain

Karen Mumford () and Antonia Parera-Nicolau

Discussion Papers from Department of Economics, University of York

Abstract: We explore the determinants of the relative probabilities of labor force participation for British and Spanish married (or cohabiting) mothers. We further decompose these probabilities and find a substantial cross-national gap in participation rates which can be predominantly explained by higher wages and greater child care use in Britain.

Keywords: Mothers; Britain; Spain; participation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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