https://macropaperwarehouse.com/authors/maryam-naghsh-nejad/Maryam Naghsh-NejadHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usThu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://macropaperwarehouse.com/papers/balancing-work-and-care-how-workplace-factors-can-mitigate-the-gendered-impacts-of-caregiving/Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://macropaperwarehouse.com/papers/balancing-work-and-care-how-workplace-factors-can-mitigate-the-gendered-impacts-of-caregiving/<p>This paper examines how workplace environments shape the economic consequences that fall on mothers — but not fathers — when a child is diagnosed with cancer. The motivation is a gap in the caregiving-and-labor-markets literature: while the earnings penalties from childbirth are well-documented, less is known about caregiving shocks that arrive later in childhood, or about whether and how the firm, occupation, or industry a parent works in moderates those penalties.</p>