The introduction of the German parental leave benefit (Elterngeld) applied to all children born on January 1st, 2007 or … children from December 2006 to January 2007. Besides analyzing the timing of delivery the paper focuses on potential adverse …

introduction of a new, sizeable, unconditional child benefit in Spain in 2007, granted to all mothers giving birth on or after July … 1, 2007. The regression discontinuity-type design allows for a credible identification of the causal effects. I find …