A rich strand of the economic literature has been studying the impact of different forms of early childcare on children … agrees in identifying stronger beneficial effects among children from disadvantaged backgrounds, making a case for the role … cognitive and non-cognitive development of young children and how to reduce gender gaps later in life. Our paper offers a …

This paper evaluates how a light-touch parenting program for parents of children below school entry age affects …

development and socio-economic development gaps. For children born before January 1, 2007, parental leave benefits were means …-tested and paid for up to 24 months after childbirth. For children born thereafter, parental leave benefits were earnings … study the reform effects on children's language skills, motor skills, socio-emotional stability, and school readiness using …

term, using data from the Millennium Cohort Study (UK). Compared with children looked after in a formal care centre …, children cared by grandparents (as well as parents) are better in naming objects, but worse in tests concerning basic concepts … outcomes is stronger for children in more advantaged households; on the other hand, the negative association is significant …

the literature. However, family structure provides a rather static view of the relationship of children's living … focuses on the impact of family instability on children. In light of human capital accumulation, we hypothesize that a stable … preschool children. By using sibling differences for our adolescents' sample, we find that multiple partnership transitions …

evidence on spiteful behavior and its determinants in children. We investigate the relationship between children's cognitive … mothers and children is elicited through four simple allocation decisions. A key advantage of our study is that it is carried … spiteful behavior in children. This relationship is even more pronounced among boys and possibly reflects differences in …