Immigrant children often face educational disadvantages that stem from their parents' decision-making. For example, in … citizenship or not. We find that the policy caused immigrant parents to (i) send their children to preschool more often; (ii … many immigrant-receiving countries, immigrants are less likely than the native-born to enroll their children in preschool …

Does after-school care provision promote mothers’ employment and balance the allocation of paid work among parents of …

for children's development. We examine this hypothesis by analyzing the short-and long-run effects on children's health … children's education - not, however, on health. The effects on children's education aggravate over time. Empirical evidence …

generating large temporal and spatial variation in child care coverage for children under the age of three. Our precise and …

Many countries are currently expanding access to child care for young children. But are all children equally likely to … (children’s age, birth weight and socio-economic background), but less so with respect to unobserved determinants of selection …

Does granting birthright citizenship help immigrant children integrating in the host country's educational system? We … address this question using a reform of the German naturalization law in 1999 that entitled children born after January 1 …, 2000 with birthright citizenship. We use a difference-in-difference design that compares children born shortly before and …