This paper assesses the short-run impact of first-year maternal employment on low-income children's cognitive … Birth cohort of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, the OLS results show that children of working mothers score higher … less likely to breast-feed and read to their children. In addition, such children are exposed to non-parental child care …

Financial support for families with children implies inherent trade-offs some of which are less obvious than others. In … the system of financial support for families with children. We focus on: 1) the trade-off between redistribution of income …

development and socio-economic development gaps. For children born before January 1, 2007, parental leave benefits were means …-tested and paid for up to 24 months after childbirth. For children born thereafter, parental leave benefits were earnings … study the reform effects on children's language skills, motor skills, socio-emotional stability, and school readiness using …