This paper evaluates the impact of three major expansions in leave coverage in Germany on the long-run education and … labor market outcomes of children. Evaluation of three policy reforms as opposed to a single reform enables us to analyze … the reforms by comparing outcomes of children born shortly before and shortly after a change in maternity leave …

This paper examines the effects of a substantial change in publicly funded paid parental leave in Germany on child … development and socio-economic development gaps. For children born before January 1, 2007, parental leave benefits were means …-tested and paid for up to 24 months after childbirth. For children born thereafter, parental leave benefits were earnings …

In this paper, we examine the heterogeneous treatment effects of a universal child care (preschool) program in Germany … children with lower (observed and unobserved) gains are more likely to select into child care than children with higher gains …. This pattern of reverse selection on gains is driven by unobserved family background characteristics: children from …

In this paper, we examine the heterogeneous treatment effects of a universal child care (preschool) program in Germany … children with lower (observed and unobserved) gains are more likely to select into child care than children with higher gains …. This pattern of reverse selection on gains is driven by unobserved family background characteristics: children from …

In this paper, we examine the heterogeneous treatment effects of a universal child care (preschool) program in Germany … children with lower (observed and unobserved) gains are more likely to select into child care than children with higher gains …. This pattern of reverse selection on gains is driven by unobserved family background characteristics: children from …

for these policies was to ensure the health of mothers and their newborn children. With increased female labor market … negligible benefits from a leave extending beyond six months in terms of health out-comes and children's long-run outcomes …

children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not … children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …

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 …