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 …

children's long-term life satisfaction. The historical setting under study, namely the former German Democratic Republic (GDR …

opportunity costs for raising children. Indeed, we show that children exposed to kindergartens were less likely to work during … that exposure to kindergartens particularly helped immigrant children from non-English-speaking countries to gain English …

effects on school grades, but these negative effects are largely confined to children born extremely preterm (<28 weeks of … gestation, i.e. born at least 10 weeks earlier). Children born moderately preterm (i.e. born up to 5 weeks early) suffer no ill … school environment is very important for the outcomes of preterm born children, such that those born extremely preterm that …

unique data on an educational project in Germany, the Junior University (JU). Utilizing a quasi-experimental study design, we …

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 …

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human …

-old children. Using German panel data (SOEP), we show that unemployment of fathers and mothers is negatively associated with their … children's life satisfaction. When controlling for time-invariant individual heterogeneity, our results suggest that maternal … differential impacts between sons and daughters or between younger and older children. Further results suggest that the impact of …