compulsory schooling from five to eight years, on the developmental outcomes of children aged 36 to 59 months. We draw upon data … fathers with their children. Despite the typical emphasis on mothers in ECD research, our study indicates a significant …This paper explores the intergenerational effects of the 1997 compulsory schooling reform in Turkey, which extended …

compulsory schooling increased from 5 to 8 years in 1997. This increase was accompanied by a massive construction of classrooms … substantially increased education in Turkey. Using the number of new middle school class openings per 1000 children as an intensity … completion of 8 years or more of schooling by about 7.1 percentage points. We use this exogenous increase in the educational …

compulsory schooling increased from 5 to 8 years in 1997. This increase was accompanied by a massive construction of classrooms … substantially increased education in Turkey. Using the number of new middle school class openings per 1000 children as an intensity … completion of 8 years or more of schooling by about 7.1 percentage points. We use this exogenous increase in the educational …

adverse effect for children of low-educated mothers on human capital investments and labor-market attachment in early … difference-in-differences design and comparing the first-affected with the last-unaffected cohorts of children, we find that an … adulthood. The affected children were 12 p.p. more likely not to be in education, employment, or training (NEET) at the age of …

30. The effect is especially large for children of those mothers who, prior to the reform, would take very low levels of …We study the impact on children of increasing maternity leave benefits using a reform that increased paid and unpaid … maternity leave in Norway in July 1977. Mothers giving birth before this date were eligible only for 12 weeks of unpaid leave …