Using longitudinal data from the Western Australia Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study and both random-effects and fixed …-effects models, this study examined the connection between maternal work hours and child overweight or obesity. Following children in … developmentally dynamic relationship. Among preschool children (ages 2 to 5), we found lower likelihood of child overweight and …

countries - among them ten located in central and eastern Europe, Australia and Japan. In a multivariate framework we examine … how the acceptance of the employment of mothers of pre-school children differs. Our aim is to find out how attitudes vary … across countries and sex. Since the role of fathers in the process of socialisation of their children has been underestimated …

In this paper, we provide estimates of the subjectively perceived cost of children depending on the extent of parental … with children in Germany. Our study confirms that the monetary cost of children is substantial and increases with parental … sizeable for families with children. …