The economic and psychological literatures have demonstrated that early investments (private and public) in children … countries, implying that mothers spend less time with their children and that families rely more on external sources of …

This paper examines the multigenerational impact of children and whether the public provision of formal childcare … lessens the earnings and employment impacts of children. We find that the arrival of a firstborn reduces employment and …

Finding a suitable balance of work and family life is not an easy task for parents who face multiple, and potentially … on these calculations, family resources are evaluated for different employment situations in order to assess the …: lone parents and second earners with young children requiring care. …

We analyse the effect of a mandatory kindergarten for four-year-old children on mothers' labour supply in Switzerland …

parental decisions (labor market, investments in children, and fertility). We merge rich sources of historical information on … family leave policies across the United States since 1973 with over 40 years of survey data covering two generations of … District of Columbia before the enactment of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in 1993, we find that the pre …

the child after birth without jeopardizing their medium run labor market attachment. -- parental leave ; family and work … obligations ; return to work ; labor supply ; earnings ; family earnings gap …

the child after birth without jeopardizing their medium run labor market attachment. -- Parental leave ; family and work … obligations ; return to work ; labor supply ; earnings ; family earnings gap …

reforms in Germany that were introduced simultaneously. A legal claim to subsidized child care became effective for children … who do not use publicly subsidized child care. Both reforms target children of the same age group and are unconditional on …