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 informal childcare indicating that public daycare and informal … childcare are complements. Female labor force participation declines and the response is strongest for single parents and low …

The substantial increase in female employment rates in Europe over the past two decades has often been linked in … maternal employment and childhood obesity using rich objective reports of various anthropometric and other measures of fatness … from the IDEFICS study of children aged 2-9 in 16 regions of eight European countries. Based on such data as accelerometer …

the CPS, we describe trends in parents' employment and leave-taking after birth of a newborn and analyze the extent to … these expansions are correlated with employment and leave-taking for both mothers and fathers over this period. Our main … finding is that leave expansions have increased the amount of time that new mothers and fathers spend on leave, with effects …

among a substantial number of lone mothers with insurmountable employment barriers. This finding stands in stark contrast to … for lone mothers to move off welfare and into work. We analyze the consequences of a major Norwegian workfare reform of … the generous welfare system for lone mothers. Our difference-in-differences estimates show that the policy changes were …

We investigate the degree of correspondence between parents' reports on child behavioral and educational outcomes using … the most recent available wave of a rich Danish longitudinal survey of children (the DALSC). All outcomes are measured at … age 11 when the children are expected to be in fifth grade. Once discrepancies are detected, we analyze whether they are …

identification. On the return to work after the birth, mothers' wages drop by 3 to 5.7 per cent per year of leave. We find negative …

. Higher-educated and older parents spend more time with their children. There are significant and positive correlations across … simultaneously specifies three time-use choices - paid work, childcare, and housework - and wage and employment equations for each … of the standard hypothesis that performing housework does not bring utility. Parents' market time responds positively to …

change in household income on the young adult outcomes of the household´s children. In this research, we examine the role … in the long run outcomes for children in affected households. We find that children who are in households affected by the … mechanisms through which this exogenous increase in household income affects the long run outcomes of children - parental time …

children's nutritional status and mortality during the years since the diffusion of prenatal sex determination technologies in … parities. An examination of the various mechanisms linking between prenatal sex selection and children outcomes suggests that …