We study the impact on children of increasing maternity leave benefits using a reform that increased paid and unpaid … 30. The effect is especially large for children of those mothers who, prior to the reform, would take very low levels of … unpaid leave. -- maternity leave ; children’s outcomes …

We study the impact on children of increasing the time that the mother spends with her child in the first year by … for children of mothers who, prior to the reform, would take very low levels of unpaid leave. -- adult outcomes ; time …

effect of teen childbearing. Despite this, there are still reasons to believe that children of teen mothers may do worse as … lower quality. Using Norwegian register data, we compare outcomes of children of sisters who have first births at different … for children born to the youngest teen mothers. Unlike previous research, we have information on fathers and find that …

, 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 … capital accumulation. We show that most of the effects operate through the intensive margin of schooling, and that children …

two children with the same mother but where a parent of the mother died during one of the pregnancies - augmented with a …

More able parents tend to have more able children. While few would question the validity of this statement, there is …

of children from poorer families. -- birth weight ; twins ; education ; IQ ; earnings …

direct effect. This is true for the full sample of children, for boys and girls and for children in households whose mother …

children's development, why are they important and when are they important? In addition, this literature focuses on exploring … which types of economic policy, and what timing of the policy in relation to children's social and cognitive development …, are conducive to children's performance and adult outcomes. The policy interest in this research is whether policies that …