the reform are consistent with hypotheses related to the improved financial situation of new mothers after the reform and …

, in the medium run, the effects of the reform are insignificant for both male and female children. The sons of treated … mothers are perceived as still having worse health at older ages, even if their objective health status has recovered. These … boys are also more likely to have private health insurance, which suggests more concerned mothers. …

The impact of children's early development status on parental labor market outcomes is not well established in the … provide evidence that mothers substitute working time with childcare to compensate for early disadvantages. We do not find any …

suggests that mothers' paid work increased substantially following the introduction of the child care program. I then study the … implications of the Lanham Act for children's long-run outcomes related to educational attainment, family formation, and labor …

-old children in Turkey. As the source of exogenous variation in maternal schooling, we use mothers' exposure to the 1997 education … mothers' educational attainment and a rise in children's readiness to learn. Our finding is novel because it measures … mothers and fathers, particularly fathers, spend more time with their children, and the variety of activities parents engage …

-old children in Turkey. As the source of exogenous variation in maternal schooling, we use mothers' exposure to the 1997 education … mothers' educational attainment and a rise in children's readiness to learn. Our finding is novel because it measures … mothers and fathers, particularly fathers, spend more time with their children, and the variety of activities parents engage …

Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, we document significant gender differences in … gaps in non-cognitive skills. As children age, gender differences in time allocation play an increasing role in explaining …

, reducing hospitalization costs and the foregone income of mothers and improving the long-run socioeconomic outcomes of children … outcomes of mothers three years after birth by 85%. For first time mothers it also narrowed the gap in maternal health between …

welfare state arrangements for disadvantaged mothers with young children in Germany. …-income, first-time mothers. A major goal of the program is to improve the participants’ economic self-sufficiency and family …