Increasing mothers' labour supply in a child's preschool years can cause a reduction in time investments that lead to a … negative direct effect on mid-childhood and teenage outcomes. But as mothers' work hours increase, income will rise. We ask … variation in both mothers' hours and family income in pre-school years. As expected we find a negative direct effect of an …

of mothers working full-time has steadily increased. We provide the first empirical evidence that the increase in mothers …-run influence of the family network on mothers' labour decisions up to seven years post birth. For identification, we exploit …

school dropout. For mothers with low education we find a 5.2 percentage points decline. The effect is also especially large … for children of mothers who, prior to the reform, would take very low levels of unpaid leave …

effect of teen childbearing. Despite this, there are still reasons to believe that children of teen mothers may do worse as … their mothers may be less mature, have fewer financial resources when the child is young, and may partner with fathers of … for children born to the youngest teen mothers. Unlike previous research, we have information on fathers and find that …

maternity leave in Norway in July 1977. Mothers giving birth before this date were eligible only for 12 weeks of unpaid leave … mothers with low education we find a 5.2 percentage points decline in high school dropout and an 8% increase in wages at age … 30. The effect is especially large for children of those mothers who, prior to the reform, would take very low levels of …