This paper uses register based data covering the entire population of Danish children enrolled in preschool in 2006 … are larger for boys who did not have access to male teachers previously and among children with less readily access to …

Not only the quantity of formal daycare provision for young children, but also its quality has become an issue of … shapes normative judgements regarding daycare use and working hours norms for parents with young children in Germany. The … policy feedback theories. We draw on a factorial survey experiment implemented in 2019/2020 in the German Family Panel …

born children and in families with fewer sons. We then study the son preference-specific girl-penalty in early cognitive …

Women experience significant reductions in labor market income following the birth of children, while their male … contribution due to the biological costs of giving birth. Second, we provide causal estimates on the impact of two family policies …

Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, we document significant gender differences in … gaps in non-cognitive skills. As children age, gender differences in time allocation play an increasing role in explaining …

A rich strand of the economic literature has been studying the impact of different forms of early childcare on children … agrees in identifying stronger beneficial effects among children from disadvantaged backgrounds, making a case for the role … cognitive and non-cognitive development of young children and how to reduce gender gaps later in life. Our paper offers a …