The participation gender gap continues to persist. We empirically assess the determinants of labour force participation with a specific focus made on family policies. We perform the analysis separately for men and women in the EU in the recent years. Given, moreover, differences in the labour force participation levels and patterns observable between age groups and country groups, we take this heterogeneity into account. Among the determinants, we include the standard factors usually included in the past literature, but the main focus is on the differences in the impact coming from the family policy measures in determining men’s and women’s labour force participation. Our main findings suggest that generally the family policies were relevant for the first and the last age groups (15-24 and 40-59) in determining their labour force participation, whereas were less influential for the middle age group (25-39). Nevertheless, significant differences in the sign and the magnitude of the influence exist between specific policy instruments and across the EU.

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