regression discontinuity estimator based on children’s birth months, we find a sizable effect of childcare attendance on women …

the quantity and the quality of children. We first present the theoretical model of intra-household bargaining in the …) induces an increase in the number of children, but a decrease in the quality of children. Second, using the impact of World …

countries and whether and how the policies affect women's labor market outcomes, their own and children's health, and child …

absent for children of preschool age. We also find that (1) boys are more likely to migrate following the reduction in the … number of rural primary schools, (2) migrant households with multiple children tend to take their sons to migrate more than … they take their daughters, and (3) the fact that parents of boy students spend more on their children’s education can be …

Socio- Economic Survey (HSES) to examine the correlation between the presence of children of different age categories in a … towards women, as well as household decision-making as potential explanations. We find that small children decrease the … probability of female employment relative to women with no small children. In particular, women with two children aged one to six …

lifecycle and between cohorts. We observe women who never have children beginning to out earn women who will have children … of two children also controls for age at first birth. Here, we find a decline in the gap from around $78,000 for our …

children possibly becomes a more rewarding alternative. …