it by increasing income taxes when the children leave home and the parents' wages rise due to their tenure in the labor … among families without children or families with older children (aged 10-18). We also show that parents of young children …This paper examines the policy option of providing government assistance to families with young children and financing …

approach that exploits regional variation in unemployment and compares babies born to the same parents so as to deal with … cannot be attributed to the parents' own employment status. The results suggest pathways through stress and air pollution. …-percentage-point increase in the unemployment rate during pregnancy reduces the probability of having a birth weight less than 1,500 grams or of …

) children, but do not see how they could match that commitment with their employment situation. Other parents are happy with the … number of children in their family, but would like to work more. Yet other parents who are happy with their family situation …Finding a suitable work/family life balance is a challenge that all parents face. Some people would like to have (more …

parents of young children confront when trying to square their work and care commitments, and the implications for social and … nurturing for one’s own children. This first OECD review of the reconciliation of work and family life looks at the challenges …

Using Norwegian administrative register data, we assess the impact of health shocks hitting lone parents, specifically … diagnosed mental disorders. However, these effects tend to fade out quickly, and the negative impacts on subsequent employment …

America, we analyze how children's subjective well-being is related to parents' employment status, depending on the … institutional context. We find that parental unemployment is strongly negatively related to children's life satisfaction across …Based on a unique repeated cross-sectional data set of school-aged children in Europe, the Middle East and North …

provision of formal childcare lessens the earnings and employment impacts of children. Our analyses notably incorporate the role …The disproportionate impact of children on women's earnings constitutes the primary factor contributing to persistent … gender inequality in many countries. This paper examines the multigenerational impact of children and whether the public …