participants. They conducted a large randomized field experiment (RFE) with over 1900 women from four WIC agencies in the state. In …

with birth order, since mothers near or beyond their desired total fertility are more likely to make use of the … contraceptive properties of nursing. Second, given a preference for having sons, mothers with no or few sons want to conceive again … sons and daughters, having few or no older brothers results in earlier weaning. Third, these gender effects peak as mothers …

significant increase in maternity leave mandates in Canada. We find very large increases in mothers' time away from work post …

Building on prior evidence that mothers often have a stronger preference for spending on children than fathers do, we … use a randomized experiment to evaluate the impacts of a communication training program for mothers on child health in … husbands and, thereby, boost investments in children's health. We find that the program increases spousal discussion about the …

relationship between income and child development in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Treated mothers and children experienced large …Despite significant economic growth, child development outcomes in India remain poor. Using a large-scale experiment in … which randomly-selected mothers receive cash transfers for the first two years of their child's life, we examine the …

parents in low-income contexts do not converse with their infants regularly. We report on a randomized field experiment … evaluating a low-cost intervention that aims to raise verbal engagement with infants by showing recent or expectant mothers a 3 …-minute informational video and giving them a themed wall calendar. Six to eight months later, mothers selected for the …

teenager's own mother, as well as that of her friends' mothers, affect her work decisions in adulthood. The first mechanism is … her friends' mothers' choices when she was a teenager, and the interaction between the two. The empirical salience of this … distant she is (in terms of working hours) from the friends' mothers …

In 2005, hurricanes Katrina and Rita forced many children to relocate across the Southeast. While schools quickly …