outline. Then Chapter 2 examines the association between maternal employment and childhood obesity. Chapter 3 takes a … increase of overweight and obese children and considers the higher female employment participation in China. We analyze how … maternal employment is correlated with childhood obesity in China. Our work makes a non-Western comparison in this field, which …

children has a U -shaped effect on parents' involvement in social networks, with substantial differences between fathers and … mothers. The negative effect is dominant on the mothers' involvement in social networks, while the positive effect is dominant …

these expansions are correlated with employment and leave-taking for both mothers and fathers over this period. Our main … finding is that leave expansions have increased the amount of time that new mothers and fathers spend on leave, with effects … the CPS, we describe trends in parents' employment and leave-taking after birth of a newborn and analyze the extent to …

mothers' and fathers' labor supply. Fathers' leave-taking is highly selective and the identification of causal effects relies …This study analyzes the effect of fathers' parental leave-taking on the time fathers spend with their children and on … promoting more gender equality in leave-taking. Results show that even short periods of fathers' parental leave may have long …

these expansions are correlated with employment and leave-taking for both mothers and fathers over this period. Our main … finding is that leave expansions have increased the amount of time that new mothers and fathers spend on leave, with effects … the CPS, we describe trends in parents' employment and leave-taking after birth of a newborn and analyze the extent to …