children and spousal specialization in home production of public goods and child care. We then study how child care provision … data from Germany, we also present empirical evidence which is consistent with this finding …

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 …

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 …

In Germany, formal child care coverage rates have increased markedly over the past few decades. The present paper is … indicate that mothers are in a worse physical condition if their children attend formal care, whereas no such effect is found … with regard to mothers’ mental health. Overall, there is evidence that mothers placing their children in formal day care …

reduction in parental time devoted to children, which modifies their human capital accumulation process. We show that the result … critically depends on the assumptions on the altruistic motives behind the choice of devoting time to children …

What happens to children's long-run cognitive development when introducing universal high-quality childcare for 3-year … difference-in-difference approach. We find sizable improvements in children's reading and math skills at age 15, as well as in … grade progression during primary and secondary school. Effects are driven by girls and disadvantaged children …

educated (high earning) and low educated (low earning) women, I exploit a major maternity leave benefit reform in Germany that …

in kindergarten in Germany, which was contingent on day-of-birth cut-off dates and resulted in a marked increase in …