the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, we measure parental investments by considering the time parents spend with …

, 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 …

the household. Using a sample of PSID-CDS children, we investigate whether the birth order effects in their outcomes are …

conceptualization of care time. Three separate problems are evident. First, the conventional focus on explicit activities with children … distracts attention from the larger responsibilities of "passive" care, which ranges from time when children are sleeping to … the amount of parental care that children in single-parent and two-parent households receive. …

This paper investigates parental time investment in children prior to formal schooling as a source of intergenerational …