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Female education and its impact on fertility : the relationship is more complex than one may think
Jungho Kim - 2016
The negative correlation between women's education and fertility is strongly observed across regions and time; however …, its interpretation is unclear. Women's education level could affect fertility through its impact on women's health and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434163
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The effect of prenatal maternity leave on short and long-term child outcomes
Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin; Schneeweis, Nicole - 2018
children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807504
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The effect of prenatal maternity leave on short and long-term child outcomes
Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin; Schneeweis, Nicole - 2018
children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011814782
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The effect of prenatal maternity leave on short and long-term child outcomes
Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin; Schneeweis, Nicole - 2018
caused by work in the third trimester of pregnancy. We find no evidence for significant effects of this extension on children …'s health at birth or long-term health and labor market outcomes. Subsequent maternal health and fertility are also unaffected …. We conclude that, for workers without problems in pregnancy, mandatory maternity leave should not start prior to the 35th …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011993689
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The Effect of Prenatal Maternity Leave on Short and Long-Term Child Outcomes
Ahammer, Alexander - 2018
children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012923234
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Children's schooling and parental migration: Empirical evidence on the 'left behind' generation in Albania
Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; Mangiavacchi, Lucia - 2010
This article investigates the long-term effects of parental migration abroad on the schooling of children left behind in Albania. Although parents' migration usually benefits children economically, the lack of parental care may cause relational and psychological problems that may affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269829
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Does child spacing affect children's outcomes? Evidence from a Swedish reform
Pettersson-Lidbom, Per; Skogman Thoursie, Peter - 2009
In this paper, we provide evidence of whether child spacing affects the future success of children. As an exogenous source of variation in child spacing, we make use of the introduction of an administrative rule in the parental leave benefit system in Sweden. This rule made it possible for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273943
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O impacto dos fatores familiares sobre a defasagem idade-série de crianças no Brasil
Machado, Danielle Carusi; Gonzaga, Gustavo - 2007
We study the impacts of family income and parental education on the probability of children’s schooling delay using the 1996 PNAD. With the adoption of some hypotheses about the links between generations of children, parents and grandparents, we control for the existence of non observable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807370
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Long-term effects of early childhood care and education
Ruhm, Christopher; Waldfogel, Jane - 2011
This paper critically reviews what we know about the long-term effects of parental leave and early childhood education programs. We find only limited evidence that expansions of parental leave durations improved long-run educational or labor market outcomes of the children whose parents were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282418
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Does child spacing affect children's outcomes? : evidence from a Swedish reform
Pettersson-Lidbom, Per; Skogmann Thoursie, Peter - 2009
In this paper, we provide evidence of whether child spacing affects the future success of children. As an exogenous source of variation in child spacing, we make use of the introduction of an administrative rule in the parental leave benefit system in Sweden. This rule made it possible for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003823321