This paper evaluates the impact of three major expansions in leave coverage in Germany on the long-run education and … labor market outcomes of children. Evaluation of three policy reforms as opposed to a single reform enables us to analyze … the reforms by comparing outcomes of children born shortly before and shortly after a change in maternity leave …

children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not … children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …

We study the impact on children of increasing maternity leave benefits using a reform that increased paid and unpaid … 30. The effect is especially large for children of those mothers who, prior to the reform, would take very low levels of …

consideration of a particular child's competency for school (Schulfähigkeit) have been suggested. Using a dataset capturing children … effect of age at school entry on educational attainment for West and East Germany. Empirical results from linear probability …

to care for their new children. While there is substantial variation in the details of these policies around the world … introduction of short paid and unpaid leave programs can improve children's short- and long-term outcomes. Fourth, while more …

Many countries are currently expanding access to child care for young children. But are all children equally likely to … (children's age, birth weight and socio-economic background), but less so with respect to unobserved determinants of selection …

While recent studies mostly find that attending child care earlier improves the skills of children from low socio … short- and medium-run effects of early child care attendance in Germany using a fuzzy discontinuity in child care starting … age between December and January. This discontinuity arises as children typically start formal child care in the summer of …

empirical results reveals the expansions had little effect on a wide variety of outcomes, including children's school outcomes …