In this paper we utilize a model of household investments in the development of children to explore the impact of …

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 …

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 …

focus is on child care for children aged 0-3, because this is a critical period for working mothers and their children and … because most European and American households with children aged 3-5 already use child care centers. The paper provides data …

We construct and estimate a model of child development in which both the parents and children make investments in the … heterogeneity in preferences both for parents and children, and in monitoring costs. Like their parents, children are forward … looking, but we allow children and parents to have different preferences and for children to have age-varying discount rates …

This paper investigates the effects of public childcare availability in Italy on mothers' working status and children … childcare availability has positive and significant effects on both mothers' working status and children's language test scores …. The effects are stronger when the degree of rationing is high and for low educated mothers and children living in lower …

The growth in labor market participation among women with young children has raised concerns about the potential … negative impact of the mother's absence from home on child outcomes. Recent data show that mother's time spent with children … has declined in the last decade, while the indicators of children's cognitive and noncognitive outcomes have worsened. The …