We investigate the time investment in cognitive and non-cognitive childcare activities by parents with different …

school-going children. When children attend school, the potential time working mothers miss out with their children, is … smaller than when children do not yet attend school. At the same time, working might benefit children through, for example … children enter school. We find no negative relation between maternal working hours and child outcomes as is often found for pre …

school-going children. When children attend school, the potential time working mothers miss out with their children, is … smaller than when children do not yet attend school. At the same time, working might benefit children through, for example … children enter school.We find no negative relation between maternal working hours and child outcomes as is often found for pre …

connection between cognitive skills of parents and their children by exploiting within-family between-subject variation in these … close at about 0.1. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields. …