This paper analyzes the life-cycle career costs associated with child rearing and decomposes their effects into … administrative data for Germany for numerous birth cohorts across different regions. We use this model to analyze both the male …

women experience about the effects of maternal employment on children outcomes may increase female labor force participation … exposed to two informational treatments on the positive consequences of formal childcare on children future educational …

how to get better involved in their children’s education. At the end of the school-year, we find that treated families … effectively increased their school- and home-based involvement activities. Children of families who were directly targeted by the …

French children start public school either the year they turn two or the year they turn three. We evaluate the impact … that the effect grows larger as the child grows older and as the family loses eligibility for child benefits. Finally, we … provide some new evidence that school enrolment at the age of two has no adverse effect on children’s subsequent educational …

mothers and older sisters spend taking care of children aged under 3, using the randomization of the program placement and the …

children increases. In these advanced economies the negative impact on fertility deriving from the fact that fewer pregnancies …

, raising children and home-making require parents' time, which could be substituted by services bought in the market such as … raise children and run their households, which enables them to have more children and work longer hours. Finally, we use our … services and enables U.S. women to have more children, spend less time on home production and work more than their European …