-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 …

the fact that only mothers whose child is born in or after July 2015 are eligible for the new part-time PL option in a … Difference-in-Differences strategy. We find that the policy increased the probability that high income mothers return to work …

for these policies was to ensure the health of mothers and their newborn children. With increased female labor market …Labor market policies for expecting and new mothers emerged at the turn of the nineteenth century. The main motivation … gender equality. Proponents of extending parental leave rights for mothers in terms of duration, benefits, and job protection …

quarters of birth of the children of the other mothers living in the neighbourhood as instruments are as large as estimates …A mother's decision to participate in the labour market is correlated with those of the other mothers living in the … same neighbourhood. This paper studies the extent to which this is causal. An identification problem exists because mothers …

As mothers have increased their paid work efforts, conflicts between employment and family responsibilities have grown …. This evolution has led researchers to explore more fully the role that caregiving responsibilities play in mothers' time …, leisure, market work, and caregiving. The first goal of this estimation is to determine if time spent with children responds …

The growth in labor market participation among women with young children has raised concerns about the potential … negative impact of the mother's absence from home on child outcomes. Recent data show that mother's time spent with children … has declined in the last decade, while the indicators of children's cognitive and noncognitive outcomes have worsened. The …

-education women. This leads to lower reading scores among children, primarily as a result of mothers shifting away from formal care … employment and fertility among women, as well as long-run cognitive outcomes among children. A structural life-cycle model of …-scale child care reform, which provided generous cash transfers to mothers who did not use formal child care facilities. Combining …

suggests that mothers' paid work increased substantially following the introduction of the child care program. I then study the … implications of the Lanham Act for children's long-run outcomes related to educational attainment, family formation, and labor …

employment and obesity in children aged 3-17 in both rural and urban China. Using BMI and waist circumference as measures for … between maternal employment and our measures for children's diet and physical activity. Our study also suggests that …