(CEL) of 1997, and the differentiation in its implementation across regions, as instruments for schooling of young mothers … in Turkey. The CEL increased the compulsory years of schooling of those born after 1986 from 5 to 8 years. We find that … education of mothers increases the probability of completing the full course of DPT and Hepatitis B vaccinations for their …

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 …

capital accumulation. We show that most of the effects operate through the intensive margin of schooling, and that children …, even though displacement episodes early in children’s lives have the largest impacts on household income (because they … persist for many years), displacement episodes occurring in the children’s teenage years have the largest effects on human …

In 1998 the Norwegian government introduced a program that increased parents' incentives to stay home with children … under the age of three. Many eligible children had older siblings, and we investigate how this program affected long …

data set. In particular, this alternative estimator allows us to exploit the information on children with no siblings in …

, in the medium run, the effects of the reform are insignificant for both male and female children. The sons of treated … mothers are perceived as still having worse health at older ages, even if their objective health status has recovered. These … boys are also more likely to have private health insurance, which suggests more concerned mothers. …

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human … provided by mothers (or formal institutions) is superior to informal care arrangements. …

for both mothers and children, measured at primary-school age, and broke the intergenerational association of these …

This paper provides a new measure of human capital using PISA and PIAAC surveys, and mean years of schooling. The new … and the corresponding mean years of schooling (representing the quantity of education). In contrast to the existing …