Can moving to an earnings-related parental leave system influence children's wellbeing and are heterogeneous effects on … parents carried over to the entire family, making special groups of children worse off than others? To answer this question … benefit amount compared to the pre-reform situation. 2-3-year-old children belonging to the reform's winners, however, improve …

Can moving to an earnings-related parental leave system influence children's wellbeing and are heterogeneous effects on … parents carried over to the entire family, making special groups of children worse off than others? To answer this question … benefit amount compared to the pre-reform situation. 2-3-year-old children belonging to the reform's winners, however, improve …

, especially those of mothers with young children. This trend has triggered an intense debate about its implications for children …'s well-being and long-term educational outcomes. The overall effect of maternal and paternal employment on children …'s cognitive and educational attainment is not obvious: on the one hand, children may benefit from higher levels of family income …

We study how children's socio-emotional skills and well-being in adolescence are affected by an increase in the … delayed children's entry into formal out-of-home care, we show that longer leave increases adolescent well …-being, conscientiousness and emotional stability, and reduces school absenteeism. The effects are strongest for children of mothers who would …

We study how children's socio-emotional skills and well-being in adolescence are affected by an increase in the … delayed children's entry into formal out-of-home care, we show that longer leave increases adolescent well …-being, conscientiousness and emotional stability, and reduces school absenteeism. The effects are strongest for children of mothers who would …

How do parental resources early in life affect children's health and schooling outcomes? We address this question by …. The effects are prevalent primarily among children to high-income mothers. Impacts are driven by a combination of a …

formation of children. To this end, we exploit a nationwide reform that mandated Swedish municipalities to offer childcare … effects on the children's 6th grade test scores, but we find evidence of positive effects on test scores for sons of less than …

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 … study the reform effects on children's language skills, motor skills, socio-emotional stability, and school readiness using …

economic uncertainty. Using various educational measures, we show that the children born during this nativity slump perform … observed personal characteristics. These children are also less likely to have grown up within stable family environment … children. Finally, sibling analysis enables us to reject time of birth effects. …

stringent disciplinary environments in response to their earlier-born children's poor performance in school in order to deter … such outcomes for their later-born offspring. We provide robust empirical evidence that school performance of children in … later-born children. Taken together, these patterns are consistent with a reputation model of strategic parenting. …