variation in both mothers' hours and family income in pre-school years. As expected we find a negative direct effect of an … direct effect. This is true for the full sample of children, for boys and girls and for children in households whose mother …

We study the impact on children of increasing maternity leave benefits using a reform that increased paid and unpaid … 30. The effect is especially large for children of those mothers who, prior to the reform, would take very low levels of … unpaid leave. -- maternity leave ; children’s outcomes …

We study the impact on children of increasing the time that the mother spends with her child in the first year by … months and family income was unaffected. The increased time with the child led to a 2.7 percentage points decline in high … for children of mothers who, prior to the reform, would take very low levels of unpaid leave. -- adult outcomes ; time …

We study the impact on children of increasing the time that the mother spends with her child in the first year by … months and family income was unaffected. The increased time with the child led to a 2.7 percentage points decline in high … for children of mothers who, prior to the reform, would take very low levels of unpaid leave …

these subsidies on children's longer run outcomes. Using a sharp discontinuity in the price of childcare in Norway, we are … this, we find significant positive effect of the subsidies on children's academic performance in junior high school …, suggesting the positive shock to disposable income provided by the subsidies may be helping to improve children's scholastic …

We study the impact on children of increasing maternity leave benefits using a reform that increased paid and unpaid … 30. The effect is especially large for children of those mothers who, prior to the reform, would take very low levels of …

, even though displacement episodes early in children's lives have the largest impacts on household income (because they … persist for many years), displacement episodes occurring in the children's teenage years have the largest effects on human … capital accumulation. We show that most of the effects operate through the intensive margin of schooling, and that children …

, even though displacement episodes early in children’s lives have the largest impacts on household income (because they … persist for many years), displacement episodes occurring in the children’s teenage years have the largest effects on human … capital accumulation. We show that most of the effects operate through the intensive margin of schooling, and that children …