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 …

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

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 …

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 … daycare quality for young children leads respondents to recommend greater daycare use and longer working hours for mothers and …

findings. First, child penalties (i.e., the percentage of potential earnings lost due to children) have strongly increased over … sample period, the fraction of overall inequality attributed to children rose from 14% to 64%. This trend not only resulted …

Women experience significant reductions in labor market income following the birth of children, while their male …