We explore the effects of a child labor regulation that changed the legal working age from 14 to 16 over the health of … their offspring. We show that the reform was detrimental for the health of the son's of affected parents at delivery. Yet …, in the medium run, the effects of the reform are insignificant for both male and female children. The sons of treated …

no evidence that earlier enrollment harms early child development, except for a temporary health shock. Children who … some positive effects of early enrollment. Children who enter daycare later are more likely to demonstrate inadequate …

daycare vacancy rates, we estimate the causal effects of enrollment age in universal daycare on child development for children … younger than two years. We find modest effects of postponing daycare enrollment on early childhood outcomes. Children who … preschool. Children who enroll later are also more likely to have insufficient language proficiency at age five and thus need …

relationship between parental involvement and education outcomes of children. My research is the first which examines the effect of …With the goal to shed more light on the effectiveness of parental time spent with their children, I estimate the causal … characteristics of children as well as parents. To estimate causal treatment effects, I use a simple logistic regression along with a …