, while mothers experience only a transitory decline in criminal activity around childbirth. The effect on fathers lasts for … at least six years and can explain at least 5% of the overall male crime rate. Domestic violence within the family also … increase in fathers' crime stands in sharp contrast with previous evidence from developed countries, where childbirth is …

, where violence is endemic and are particularly pronounced among children of poorly educated mothers, implying that violence …

-term outcomes using Finnish register data. We exploit a school-starting-age rule for identification. Mothers who are born after the … educational attainment and adolescent crime rates. Overall, we interpret this evidence as saying that there are no favorable …

1986 and 1998, we find strong evidence that gang crime rates in the neighbourhood at assignment increase the probability of … boys to commit crimes before the age of 19, and that gang crime (but not other crime) increases the likelihood of teenage … motherhood for girls. Higher levels of gang crime also have detrimental and long-lasting effects, with men experiencing …

labour supply and employment impacts of publicly-funded paid leave on mothers in the first year post-partum. The almost … continuing in the same job and under the same conditions. Further new evidence shows that disadvantaged mothers - low income …

This paper documents the evolving impact of childbearing on the work activity of mothers between 1787 and 2014. It is … based on a compiled data set of 429 censuses and surveys, representing 101 countries and 46.9 million mothers, using the …

-cognitive child development outcomes. We identify a strong positive association between mothers' life satisfaction and their children …. Our findings suggest that mothers' life satisfaction is beneficial for their children's development at all ages and that …