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Universal childcare for the youngest and the maternal labour supply
Kunze, Astrid; Liu, Xingfei - 2019
In this paper, we investigate whether the expansion of childcare leads to an increase in the female labour supply. We measure female labour supply at both the extensive and intensive margin. For identification, we exploit a nationwide reform that expanded childcare for 1–2- year-olds in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011973903
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Universal childcare for the youngest and the maternal labour supply
Kunze, Astrid; Liu, Xingfei - 2019
In this paper, we investigate whether the expansion of childcare leads to an increase in the female labour supply. We measure female labour supply at both the extensive and intensive margin. For identification, we exploit a nationwide reform that expanded childcare for 1-2- year-olds in Norway....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011979049
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Changing fertility and heterogeneous motherhood effects : revisiting the effects of a parental benefits reform
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Seidlitz, Arnim - 2024
outcomes in Germany, the child penalty. We further investigate how the 2007 parental benefits reform changed the child penalty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014545044
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Early Childcare Duration and Students' Later Outcomes in Europe
Boca, Daniela Del; Monfardini, Chiara; See, Sarah Grace - 2022
The importance of investment in early childhood education (ECE) has been widely documented in the literature. Among the benefits, particularly for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, is its potential to mitigate educational inequality. However, some evidence also suggests that the positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014079643
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The effects of immigration on household services, labour supply and fertility
Romiti, Agnese - 2016
Fertility and female labour force participation are no longer negatively correlated in developed countries. Recently, the role of immigration has been put forward as a driving factor among others. Increased immigration affects supply and prices of household services, which are relevant for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571209
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Early childcare, child cognitive outcomes and inequalities in the UK
Del Boca, Daniela; Piazzalunga, Daniela; Pronzato, … - 2016
The objective of this research is to explore the impact of early childcare on child cognitive outcomes. We utilize the Millennium Cohort Survey (MCS) for the United Kingdom, which provides very detailed information about several modalities of childcare as well as several child outcomes. In our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571902
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The Effect of Parents' Employment on Children's Educational Attainment
Ermisch, John; Francesconi, Marco - 2000
This paper presents the conditions under which a causal interpretation can be given to the association between childhood parental employment and subsequent education of children. In a model in which parental preferences are separable in own consumption and children?s wellbeing, estimation is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262421
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Birth weight and the dynamics of early cognitive and behavioural development
Del Bono, Emilia; Ermisch, John - 2009
In this paper we explore the impact of birth weight on children's cognitive and behavioural outcomes using data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. In order to deal with the endogeneity of birth weight we use an estimator based on the eliminant method. When coupled with ordinary least squares,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269639
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Intergenerational Education Transmission: Neighborhood Quality and
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - 2004
high-educated parents, the better the quality of the neighborhood in terms of human capital, the higher the parent … parents' involvement in education and neighborhood's quality significantly affect the intergenerational transmission of … and we show that only the quality of the neighborhood has a significant impact on their children's educational attainment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320030
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Who delays childbearing? The relationships between fertility, education and personality traits
Tavares, Lara Patrício - 2010
Using data from the British Household Panel Survey, this paper assesses the in uence of personality traits on the timing of motherhood and investigates whether, and in what way, personality traits can explain the differences in maternity timing between more and less educated women. We estimate a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288967