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

estimates rule out large effects for children whose parents have a strong preference for sending them to early child care. …While recent studies mostly find that attending child care earlier improves the skills of children from low socio … age between December and January. This discontinuity arises as children typically start formal child care in the summer of …

rule out large effects for children whose parents have a strong preference for sending them to early child care. …While recent studies mostly find that attending child care earlier improves the skills of children from low socio … age between December and January. This discontinuity arises as children typically start formal child care in the summer of …

that second-generation immigrant children in the Italian primary school experience a double disadvantage that, relative to … benefits to second-generation immigrant children. Besides, we point out the possibility of exploiting the larger impact of the … relative age on second-generation children in order to support their performance and reduce the large penalization associated …

Grandparents act as the third biggest care giver besides day care and parental care for children below the age of 6 in … children's non-cognitive outcomes and parental well-being. To capture heterogeneous effects on different dimensions of children …'s socio-emotional behavior and parental satisfaction, we consider a broad range of outcomes. Based on a representative German …

We examine the differential effects of Covid-19 and related restrictions on individuals with dependent children in … Germany. We specifically focus on the role of school and day care center closures, which may be regarded as a "disruptive … groups. In a difference-in-differences design, we compare the change for individuals with children to the change for …

educational attainment of dependent children. We add to this literature and examine children's secondary school track choice in … paternal risk preferences but a strong negative impact of maternal risk aversion on children's enrollment in upper secondary … school …

educational attainment of dependent children. We add to this literature and examine children’s secondary school track choice in … paternal risk preferences but a strong negative impact of maternal risk aversion on children’s enrollment in upper secondary … school …