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Maternal Employment and Adolescent Development

Ruhm, Christopher - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004

This study investigates how maternal employment is related to the outcomes of 10 and 11 year olds after controlling for a wide variety of child, mother and family background characteristics. The results suggest that the mother's labor supply has deleterious effects on cognitive development,...

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Does Prekindergarten Improve School Preparation and Performance?

Ruhm, Christopher; Magnuson, Katherine A.; Waldfogel, Jane - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004

Prekindergarten programs are expanding rapidly, but to date, evidence on their effects is quite limited. Using rich data from Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, we estimate the effects of prekindergarten on children's school readiness. We find that prekindergarten increases reading and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005084817

The Effects of California's Paid Family Leave Program on Mothers' Leave-Taking and Subsequent Labor Market Outcomes

Ruhm, Christopher; Rossin-Slater, Maya; Waldfogel, Jane - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

This analysis uses March Current Population Survey data from 1999-2010 and a differences-in-differences approach to examine how California's first in the nation paid family leave (PFL) program affected leave-taking by mothers following childbirth, as well as subsequent labor market outcomes. We...

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The Cost of Caring for Young Children

Rosenbaum, Dan T.; Ruhm, Christopher - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

This study examines the "cost burden" of child care, defined as day care expenses divided by after-tax income. Data are … from the wave 10 core and child care topical modules to the 1996 Survey of Income and Program Participation. We estimate … that the average child under six years of age lives in a family that spends 4.9 percent of after-tax income on day care …

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Public Policies and Women's Employment after Childbearing

Ruhm, Christopher; Han, Wen-Jui; Waldfogel, Jane; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

This paper examines how the public policy environment in the United States affects work by new mothers following childbirth. We examine four types of policies that vary across states and affect the budget constraint in different ways. The policy environment has important effects, particularly...

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Parental Leave Policies and Parents' Employment and Leave-Taking

Ruhm, Christopher; Han, Wen-Jui; Waldfogel, Jane - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

Utilizing data from the June Current Population Survey (CPS) Fertility Supplement merged with data from other months of the CPS, we describe trends in parents' employment and leave-taking after birth of a newborn and analyze the extent to which these behaviors are associated with parental leave...

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Parental Employment and Child Cognitive Development

Ruhm, Christopher - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2000

This study investigates the relationship between parental employment and child cognitive development using data from multiple years of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Maternal labor supply during the first three years of the child's life is predicted to have a small negative effect on...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005580097

Time for Children: Trends in the Employment Patterns of Parents, 1967-2009

Ruhm, Christopher; Fox, Liana E.; Han, Wen-Jui; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

Utilizing data from the 1967-2009 years of the March Current Population Surveys, we examine two important resources for children's well-being: time and money. We document trends in parental employment, from the perspective of children, and show what underlies these trends. We find that increases...

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