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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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Taxing Childcare : Effects on Family Labor Supply and Children

Gathmann, Christina - 2012

Previous studies report a wide range of estimates for how female labor supply responds to childcare prices. We shed new light on this question using a reform that raised the prices of public daycare. Parents respond by reducing public daycare and increasing childcare at home. Parents also reduce...

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No Child Left Behind : Universal Child Care and Children's Long-Run Outcomes

Havnes, Tarjei - 2009

There is a heated debate in the US, Canada and many European countries about introducing universally accessible child care. However, studies on universal child care and child development are scarce and only consider short-run outcomes. We analyze the introduction of universal child care in...

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Money for Nothing? Universal Child Care and Maternal Employment

Havnes, Tarjei - 2009

The strong correlation between child care and maternal employment rates has led previous research to conclude that affordable and readily available child care is a driving force both of cross-country differences in maternal employment and of its rapid growth over the last decades. We analyze the...

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Taxing Childcare : Effects on Childcare Choices, Family Labor Supply and Children

Gathmann, Christina - 2017

effects on older siblings and fertility decisions show that the policy affects the whole household, not just targeted family …

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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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Is Universal Child Care Leveling the Playing Field? Evidence from Non-Linear Difference-in-Differences

Havnes, Tarjei - 2010

Advocates of a universal child care system offer a two-fold argument: Child care facilitates children's long-run development, and levels the playing field by benefiting in particular disadvantaged children. Therefore, a critical element in evaluating universal child care systems is to measure...

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