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

bargaining power. In contrast, some evidence for son preference in fertility persists among immigrants. Immigrant families that …

We study the relationship between a key early intervention policy designed to support families with children up to the … age of four and the rate at which children are taken into social care. The gradual build-up of over 3,600 Sure Start … Children's Centres (SSCC), operated by Local Authorities across England, created large spatial and cohort variation in the …

causes adult daughters with young children to work half an hour less. Daughters without children, with older children and … penalty. Test score effects are positive for children aged 4-7 (substitution from grandparental to maternal care), and … negative for children aged 11-12 (substitution from grandparental to formal childcare). …

substantial part because black children are raised in more disadvantaged families. …Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992 - 2002, we assess whether family … disadvantaged families have higher rates of disciplinary problems, lower achievement scores, and fewer high-school completions …

children and spousal specialization in home production of public goods and child care. We then study how child care provision …

employment in Germany. We compare women and men with dependent children to those without children one year after the outbreak of …

with cross-state differences in the timing of school closures, is concentrated among mothers with young school-age children … contribute to gender gaps in career choice and earnings: women−particularly those with young school-age children …