In this study we examine the passage of a reform to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures in Sweden in 2003 … outcomes of mothers three years after birth by 85%. For first time mothers, it also narrowed the gap in maternal health between …, reducing hospitalization costs and the foregone income of mothers and improving the long-run socioeconomic outcomes of children …

corrected for, the non-cognitive correlation is close to that of cognitive ability. We also predict mothers' abilities and find …

' mothers. Using detailed information on a sample of U.S. teenagers who are followed over time, we find that labor force … participation of high school peers' mothers affects adult women's labor force participation, above and beyond the effect of their … own mothers. The analysis suggests that women who were exposed to a larger number of working mothers during adolescence …

In Sweden, as in many other countries, marginal groups tend to be overrepresented in non-standard employment. A … considerably smaller in Sweden, both for natives and foreign born, than those that have been found for other countries. This may be … due to a highly compressed wage structure and extensive coverage of collective bargaining in Sweden. On the whole, the …

mothers is very high. A typical household planning another child experienced a reduction in expected future child care costs …

interest in the early life origins of chronic disease. We analyse a pioneering program trialled in Sweden in the 1930s, which …

physical postpartum health complications and improves her mental health. Our results suggest that mothers bear the burden from …