, 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 …

-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 …

maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers … effects suggests that children and in particular girls born to very young mothers are worst off. The transmission channel … policies assisting children born to early mothers and preventive policies tackling early pregnancy. …

maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers … effects suggests that children and in particular girls born to very young mothers are worst off. The transmission channel … policies assisting children born to early mothers and preventive policies tackling early pregnancy. …

phases of childhood and early adolescence. Our results indicate that children born to early mothers are shorter for their age … and perform poorer in the math test, with stronger effects for (female) offspring born to very young mothers …

We develop a theoretical model of mating behavior and parental investment in children under asymmetry in kin … recognition between men and women that provides a microfoundation for the institution of marriage. In the model, men and women …. As a socially sanctioned commitment device among partners, the institution of marriage reduces this risk by restraining …