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 …-related and only paid for up to 14 months. Higher-income households benefited more from the reform than low-income households. We …

Using longitudinal data for children aged 10-15 years living in England in 2009-2014 we test the hypothesis that income … matters for children’s life satisfaction. The results suggest that children are more satisfied with life the more income their … family has. Income effects are larger the less income the family has and statistically significant for children from the age …

-curricular activities, on children's skill development. Our results indicate positive effects: both cognitive skills, measured by school … datasets as well as alternative estimation and identification strategies. The effects can be partially explained by increased …-parametric estimation …

-curricular activities, on children's skill development. Our results indicate positive effects: both cognitive skills, measured by school … datasets as well as alternative estimation and identification strategies. The effects can be partially explained by increased …-parametric estimation …

consideration of a particular child's competency for school (Schulfähigkeit) have been suggested. Using a dataset capturing children …

Socio-Economic Panel Study and survival analysis models, we show that maternal education is related to children's life … expectancy - even after controlling for children's own level of education. This applies equally to daughters and sons as well as … to children's further life expectancies examined at age 35 to age 65. This pattern is more pronounced for younger cohorts …

We describe the joint permanent health distribution of parents and children in Germany using 25 years of data from the …

Background: Home visiting programs constitute an important policy to support vulnerable families with young children … responses of both mothers and children in three key measures of behavior: orientation, positive contingency, and negative …