Abstract
The effect of children, marriage, and childcare costs on labor participation of mothers and fathers are analyzed using a logit regression. Data comes from Integrated Public Microdata, CPS for years 2010 to 2020. I find that the composition of the family affects mother’s decision to engage in the labor market in a different fashion when compared to fathers. Children cause mothers to decrease maternal participation while the opposite is found for fathers. Maternal labor participation increases as the child approaches school age whereas father’s participation remains unaffected as the child transitions to school age. Marriage decreases maternal participation while increases father’s likelihood of becoming employed. Lastly, increases in imputed childcare costs decrease the likelihood of employment of mothers, while childcare costs have no significant effect on fathers’ employment.