We study the impacts of a policy designed to reward mothers who stay at home rather than join the labor force when … on mothers and children compared to HCA. Our findings suggest that shifting child care from the home to the market …

mobility in education, stems from heterogeneity in the effects of the policies: children of mothers with fewer years of … education benefit more. As a potential mechanism, we find that the policies increased mothers' time investments in children and …

-income mothers and reliance on their own earnings instead of cash assistance through the welfare system, on the quality of the home …'s skill development. The results suggest that welfare reform did not affect the amount of time and material resources mothers ….3-0.4 standard deviation lower scores on provision of emotional support, with stronger effects for mothers with low human capital …

aligns with cross-state differences in the timing of school closures, is concentrated among mothers with young school …

earnings of mothers and employment of grandmothers. Studying a universal childcare program in Quebec, we find formal childcare … increases the employment rates of mothers, as well as that of grandmothers to a lesser extent. Examining heterogeneity of the … program's impact across Census Divisions, we find a negative correlation between the positive effects on mothers' employment …

College-educated mothers spend substantially more time in intensive childcare than less educated mothers despite their … of the American Time Use Survey, we investigate this puzzle by testing the hypothesis that college-educated mothers enjoy … childcare more. We find that among all mothers, spending time in childcare is associated with higher positive feelings compared …

estimated effect is large, implying that three mothers entered the labor force for every ten children enrolled in public school … married mothers of five year olds. These findings complement other research suggesting that preschools targeted toward at …

This paper examines the impact of actual subsidy receipt of single mothers on their joint employment and child care … type of care chosen. Results indicate that single mothers are highly responsive to child care subsidies by increasing their …