This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women …. Considerable evidence is found that immigrant source country gender roles influence immigrant and second generation women …

Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992 – 2002, we assess whether family … gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in … substantial part because black children are raised in more disadvantaged families …

– heterosexual and same-sex couples, as well as single women and foreign couples. Finally, we consider several recently discussed …

-curricular activities, on children's skill development. Our results indicate positive effects: both cognitive skills, measured by school …

parental leave from 12 to 24 months for children born on July 1, 1990 or later. We use test scores from the Austrian PISA test …

on children’s and parents’ outcomes. We document that paternity leave causes fathers to become more important for … children’s cognitive skills. School performance at age 16 increases for children whose father is relatively higher educated …

that a public policy that disregards the effects of parental time on children's human capital entails a welfare loss that …

results show that Head Start has a statistically significant positive effect on years of education, in particular for women …

changes in the surrounding context. We find that the share of working women with children below 5 and the share of women with … on the role played by the context where young women take their education decision. We first develop a stylized two … to child care and the probability of working in a skilled job. We then use data on educational decisions of women in the …