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Parental Leave, (In)Formal Childcare and Long-Term Child Outcomes

Weißhaar, Natalia - 2017

We provide a novel interpretation of the estimated treatment effects from evaluations of parental leave reforms. Accounting for the counterfactual mode of care is crucial in the analysis of child out-comes and potential mediators. We evaluate a large and generous parental leave extension in...

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Cutting Fertility? The Effect of Cesarean Deliveries on Subsequent Fertility and Maternal Labor Supply

Halla, Martin - 2016

fertility and maternal labor supply. Identification is achieved by exploiting variation in the supply-side's incentives to … estimates show that a non-planned CD at parity one decreases life cycle fertility by almost 17 percent. This reduction in … fertility translates into a temporary increase in maternal employment …

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The Effect of Prenatal Maternity Leave on Short and Long-Term Child Outcomes

Ahammer, Alexander - 2018

children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …

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Birth Order and Child Outcomes : Does Maternal Quality Time Matter?

Monfardini, Chiara - 2012

Higher birth order positions are often associated with poorer outcomes, possibly due to fewer resources received within the household. Using a sample of PSID-CDS children, we investigate whether the birth order effects in their outcomes are due to unequal allocation of the particular resource...

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Bargaining at Divorce : The Allocation of Custody

Atteneder, Christine; Halla, Martin - 2021

We model the bargaining process of parents over custody at the time of divorce. First we assume an institutional setting where only sole custody is available. In a second step we reform this institutional setting and introduce the possibility of joint custody. We show that some parents, who...

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Children and Parents Time Use : Empirical Evidence on Investment in Human Capital in France, Italy and Germany

Cardoso, Ana Rute; Fontainha, Elsa; Monfardini, Chiara - 2021

We analyze a mechanism that has been disregarded in the literature on parental investment in children, as little attention has been devoted to the choices made by children themselves. We model directly time use by youngsters into activities related to the acquisition of human capital,...

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The effect of prenatal maternity leave on short and long-term child outcomes

Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin; Schneeweis, Nicole - In: Journal of health economics 70 (2020), pp. 1-20

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Cutting fertility? : effects of cesarean deliveries on subsequent fertility and maternal labor supply

Halla, Martin; Mayr, Harald; Pruckner, Gerald J.; … - In: Journal of health economics 72 (2020), pp. 1-23

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