This paper examines the multigenerational impact of children and whether the public provision of formal childcare … lessens the earnings and employment impacts of children. We find that the arrival of a firstborn reduces employment and …

parental decisions (labor market, investments in children, and fertility). We merge rich sources of historical information on … family leave policies across the United States since 1973 with over 40 years of survey data covering two generations of … District of Columbia before the enactment of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in 1993, we find that the pre …

their children are under age three. We use regional and over time variation to show that the Finnish Home Care Allowance … also negatively affect the early childhood cognitive test results of children, decrease the likelihood of choosing academic … on mothers and children compared to HCA. Our findings suggest that shifting child care from the home to the market …

This paper investigates whether the effects of children on the labor market outcomes of women relative to men -- child …

This paper analyzes the relationship between maternal labor supply and children's cognitive development, using a sample … of three- and four-year-old children of female respondents from the 1986 National Longitudinal Surveys Youth Cohort (NLSY …). Respondents in the NLSY were aged 21 to 29 in 1986; thus our sample consists of children of relatively young mothers. We show that …

costs for iconic programs. We investigate the mechanisms promoting successful family lives for participants and find …This paper compares early childhood enrichment programs that promote social mobility for disadvantaged children within … analyze new long-run life-cycle data collected for iconic programs when participants are middle-aged and their children are in …

This study examines the impact of publicly provided daycare for children aged 0-3 on outcomes of children and their … used a lottery to assign children to limited public daycare openings. Winning the lottery translated to a 34 percent …, by which time all children were eligible for universal schooling). The rise in labor force participation is driven …

yield effect sizes that are, on average, comparable to home visiting programs, typically at substantially lower costs …