divorce has persistent, and mostly negative, effects on children that differ significantly between boys and girls. Treated …

children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not … from six to eight weeks. Our estimation strategy exploits that the eligibility for the extended leave was determined by a … children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …

Prior empirical research on the theoretically proposed interaction between the quantity and the quality of children …-parametric Bayesian IV approach for econometric inference. Our estimation results substantiate the finding of a zero effect: we provide …

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

We show that the exposure to war-related violence increases the quantity of children temporarily, with permanent … negative consequences for the quality of the current and previous cohort of children. Our empirical evidence is based on Nepal …

. The presence and ages of children in the household are crucial determinants of the wife's labor supply response. The most … small, about -0:04. While the wives' earnings gains recover only a tiny fraction of the household income loss, public … children or wives without children remain unresponsive. We thus conclude that Austria's strong gender identity norms are an …

Early intervention is considered the optimal response to developmental disorders in children. We evaluate a nationwide …