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also pays off for the state. The additional annual costs of universal day-care facilities for the children of single …
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. Accounting for the counterfactual mode of care is crucial in the analysis of child outcomes and potential mediators. We evaluate … capital outcomes only if the reform induces a replacement of informal childcare with maternal care. We conclude that care … provided by mothers (or formal institutions) is superior to informal care-arrangements. …
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. Accounting for the counterfactual mode of care is crucial in the analysis of child outcomes and potential mediators. We evaluate … capital outcomes only if the reform induces a replacement of informal childcare with maternal care. We conclude that care … provided by mothers (or formal institutions) is superior to informal care-arrangements. …
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. Accounting for the counterfactual mode of care is crucial in the analysis of child outcomes and potential mediators. We evaluate … capital outcomes only if the reform induces a replacement of informal childcare with maternal care. We conclude that care … provided by mothers (or formal institutions) is superior to informal care-arrangements. …
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. Accounting for the counterfactual mode of care is crucial in the analysis of child outcomes and potential mediators. We evaluate … capital outcomes only if the reform induces a replacement of informal childcare with maternal care. We conclude that care … provided by mothers (or formal institutions) is superior to informal care-arrangements. …
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We investigate the importance of subjective expectations of returns to and effort costs of the two main investments that mothers make in newborns: breastfeeding and stimulation. We find heterogeneity across mothers in expected effort costs and expected returns for outcomes in the cognitive,...
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Recent empirical research in family economics has shown the importance of parental investments on child's human capital development, but it is still not clear whether parents respond to changes across time in their child's skills and health. Using the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children,...
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