We study how fathers' time impacts children's human capital using the introduction of earmarked paternity leave in … Sweden. We use administrative data on parents' leave uptake and children's educational outcomes in a difference …' time investments owing to family disruptions and (lack of) substitutability of parents' time inputs. …

propensities to form families via marriage or a nonmarital first birth among the majority population and the children of immigrants …Differences in the timing and pathway into family life provide insights into the social distance between majority and … group distinctions. We situate our study in Norway, a country on the forefront of family change with an increasingly diverse …

individuals match on traits correlated with the choice of education, such as innate ability, tastes or family environment. Another … so, examine the role of colleges as marriage markets. Using data from Norway to address key identification and … measurement challenges, we find that colleges are local marriage markets, mattering greatly for whom one marries, not because of …

individuals match on traits correlated with the choice of education, such as innate ability, tastes or family environment. Another … so, examine the role of colleges as marriage markets. Using data from Norway to address key identification and … measurement challenges, we find that colleges are local marriage markets, mattering greatly for whom one marries, not because of …

-income families and low-achieving children. The causal chain from job loss to education likely works through reduced family income …. Using Danish administrative data linking parents experiencing plant closures to their children, we compare end … taking, scores, and high school enrolment among children exposed during infancy (age 0-1). Effects are largest for low …

We study the impact on children of increasing maternity leave benefits using a reform that increased paid and unpaid … 30. The effect is especially large for children of those mothers who, prior to the reform, would take very low levels of … unpaid leave. -- maternity leave ; children’s outcomes …

We study the impact on children of increasing maternity leave benefits using a reform that increased paid and unpaid … 30. The effect is especially large for children of those mothers who, prior to the reform, would take very low levels of …

This study examines the link between divorced nonresident fathers' proximity and children's long-run outcomes using … high-quality data from Norwegian population registers. We follow (from birth to young adulthood) 15,992 children born into … proximity of the child to his or her father in each year following the divorce and link proximity to children's educational and …

This study examines the link between divorced nonresident fathers' proximity and children's long-run outcomes using … high-quality data from Norwegian population registers. We follow (from birth to young adulthood) 15,992 children born into … proximity of the child to his or her father in each year following the divorce and link proximity to children's educational and …

immigrated as children or teens, in combination with data from the World Marriage Database, we investigate how residential … partner markets and marriage behavior in countries of origin shape partner choice and choice of union type in Norway. Results … singulate mean age of marriage (SMAM) in countries of origin was positively related to cohabitation, whereas those originating …