This paper investigates the association between maternal life satisfaction and the developmental functioning of two- to … three-year-old children as well as the socio-emotional behavior of five- to six-year-old children. We use data from the … to use the mother's life satisfaction before the birth of her child as an instrument to eliminate potential reverse …

to use the mother’s life satisfaction before the birth of her child as an instrument to eliminate potential reverse …This paper investigates the association between maternal life satisfaction and the developmental functioning of two- to … three-year-old children as well as the socio-emotional behavior of five- to six-year-old children. We use data from the …

-three-year-olds in Germany is associated with shorter employment interruptions amongst West and East German mothers. The results indicate …How do institutional factors and their interaction with individual resources influence the length of mothers … labour market perspective, and concentrates on how institutional factors explain varying durations of mothers’ employment …

-cognitive child development outcomes. We identify a strong positive association between mothers' life satisfaction and their children …. Our findings suggest that mothers' life satisfaction is beneficial for their children's development at all ages and that … data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) which captures maternal life satisfaction and numerous cognitive and non …

-child dyads, maternal life satisfaction, the frequency of shared parent-child activities, as well as children’s self … practices, and positive developmental outcomes for children. The objective of this study was to examine the interplay between … maternal well-being, parent-child activities, and the well-being of 5 to 7-year old children. In a sample of N = 291 mother …

Increasing mothers' labour supply in a child's preschool years can cause a reduction in time investments that lead to a … negative direct effect on mid-childhood and teenage outcomes. But as mothers' work hours increase, income will rise. We ask … variation in both mothers' hours and family income in pre-school years. As expected we find a negative direct effect of an …

The growth in labor market participation among women with young children has raised concerns about the potential … negative impact of the mother's absence from home on child outcomes. Recent data show that mother's time spent with children … has declined in the last decade, while the indicators of children's cognitive and noncognitive outcomes have worsened. The …