Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/325097 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 18039
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We assess the gendered effects of having children on well-being, careers, and the division of domestic work. As exogenous variation in parenthood, we exploit the quasi-random success of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatments. Children increase mothers' well-being only in the short term, while fathers experience longer-lasting gains. However, only mothers show a persistent decline in labor supply and a rise in domestic work. Their satisfaction with the division of work declines, and they are more likely to perceive it as unfair, implying that the new equilibrium in the division of work deviates from mothers' preferences.
Subjects: 
IVF treatment
gender inequality
well-being
parenthood
child penalty
JEL: 
I31
J13
J16
J22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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