Instruction time varies among schools, subjects, pupils and grades. This variation is positively associated with test … administrative data on delivered and timetabled instruction time in each grade throughout compulsory school for three full cohorts of … Danish children, and find positive marginal hours effects on 9th grade test scores using accumulated time which are twice as …

Using rich administrative data from Norway, we evaluate a 1998 work-encouraging reform targeted at single parents. We … less time at home, or by reduced income. The children of both groups of mothers experience drops in school grades, so both … reduced parental time and reduced income matter. The effect of reduced parental time, though, seems to be the more important. …

, spouse income and wealth, and spouses' labour market status. The female participation rate is high in Norway, implying that …

three labour types and estimate reduced form wage equations for The Netherlands, United Kingdom and Norway. We find very …

of mothers working full-time has steadily increased. We provide the first empirical evidence that the increase in mothers …

-educational media content as a factor in the widening educational gender gap. Based on time-use data, we show that a possible …

This paper documents trends in social mobility in Norway starting from fathers born at the turn of the 20th century and … ranks is highly nonlinear for the early cohorts, but approaches linearity over time. We discuss increasing educational …