first child raised fertility and increased the probability that the family was living without a father. We find that for our … significantly so). Further, gender inequity in source countries is associated with son preference in fertility among immigrants. For … immigrants from source countries with less gender equity. Finally, we find no evidence of sex selection for the general …

This paper studies the effects of Covid-19 related daycare and school closures on gender role attitudes toward maternal … employment in Germany. We compare women and men with dependent children to those without children one year after the outbreak of … the pandemic. Using data on gender role attitudes from 2008 through 2021, we find that fathers' egalitarian attitudes …

, particularly for second-generation men with children. Our findings suggest that broader cultural factors do influence the gender …There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for … gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation is to culture. In …

societies. Adopting a double-generation perspective, we investigate the causal impact of this care mode on children's health …-specific effects, taking into account counterfactual care modes. Our results suggest null or negative effects on children's outcomes …: If children three years and older are in full-time daycare or school and, in addition, cared for by grandparents, they …