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

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 …

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 …

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 …

This paper investigates the impact of parenting courses on families' time use with their children in urban areas in … course increased families' awareness of the importance of educational activities for children, reading often to the children …

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 …