formation of children. To this end, we exploit a nationwide reform that mandated Swedish municipalities to offer childcare … access for infants' older siblings, while parents were on parental leave to care for their infants. Survey data on childcare … effects on the children's 6th grade test scores, but we find evidence of positive effects on test scores for sons of less than …

We analyze how access to childcare affects the health outcomes of children with unemployed parents using a reform that … they first gained access to childcare. Children aged 10 to 11 years who had access to childcare earlier in their childhood …, while their parents were unemployed, were less likely to be prescribed medication for respiratory conditions and allergies …

Most previous studies of intergenerational transmission of human capital are restricted to two generations - parents … and their children. In this study we use a Swedish data set which enables us link individual measures of lifetime earnings … based on income data from two generations accurately predicts earnings persistence beyond two generations. We also do a …

and discusses possible consequences of the ongoing pandemic for Swedish children and youth, in the short and longer term … development, (2) the consequences for children's development and school performance due to increased absenteeism among children …, students and teachers in preschools and schools, (3) the effects of distance education, (4) the impact on the demand for …

of children. The detrimental effects of alcohol exposure in utero are well documented, and therefore identifying …

-born children are more likely to be managers, while later-born children are more likely to be self-employed. We also find that … earlier born children are more likely to be in occupations that require leadership ability, social ability and the Big Five … capital investments in later-born children. …