This paper studies the effect of mothers' education on fertility in a population with very low female labor force … restricted the mobility of Arabs in Israel until the mid-1960's. This change improved access to schooling in communities that … large increase in schooling attainment triggered a sharp decline in completed fertility. We show that no other changes …

This paper studies the effect of mothers' education on fertility in a population with very low female labor force … restricted the mobility of Arabs in Israel until the mid-1960's. This change improved access to schooling in communities that … large increase in schooling attainment triggered a sharp decline in completed fertility. We show that no other changes …

be responsible for poor health and low levels of schooling among the children of young mothers. This paper uses special … mothers are much more likely to repeat one or more grades than other children, and within-household estimates of this … the effect of maternal age and single parenthood on children's disability status and school progress. Our results suggest …

be responsible for poor health and low levels of schooling among the children of young mothers. This paper uses special … mothers are much more likely to repeat one or more grades than other children, and within-household estimates of this … the effect of maternal age and single parenthood on children's disability status and school progress. Our results suggest …

leave, i.e. by the time mothers spend at home with their newborn before returning to work. Employing RD and difference … parental leave from 12 to 24 months for children born on July 1, 1990 or later. We use test scores from the Austrian PISA test … extended parental leave mandate on standardized test scores at age 15, but that the subgroup of boys of highly educated mothers …