three-year-old children as well as the socio-emotional behavior of five- to six-year-old children. We use data from the … mothers' personality or mothers' cognitive skills are controlled for. …

-cognitive child development outcomes. We identify a strong positive association between mothers' life satisfaction and their children …. Our findings suggest that mothers' life satisfaction is beneficial for their children's development at all ages and that …

policies; and, at the micro level, whether the probability of returning to work and career prospects have increased for mothers …

policies; and, at the micro level, whether the probability of returning to work and career prospects have increased for mothers …

The growth in labor market participation among women with young children has raised concerns about the potential … negative impact of the mother's absence from home on child outcomes. Recent data show that mother's time spent with children … has declined in the last decade, while the indicators of children's cognitive and noncognitive outcomes have worsened. The …