children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …Maternity leave policies are presumed to be essential to ensure the health of pregnant workers and their unborn … children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not …

children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …Maternity leave policies are presumed to be essential to ensure the health of pregnant workers and their unborn … children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not …

While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in … two children with the same mother but where a parent of the mother died during one of the pregnancies — augmented with a …

This paper estimates the determinants of child mortality and child health allowing for the possibility that samples of … children are choice-based, reflecting prior selective fertility and mortality behavior. Parameter identification is the most … random-effects structure on the error correlation matrix for the set of fertility, mortality and health behaviors. Fertility …

analyze the introduction of universal child care in Norway, addressing the impact on children's long-run outcomes. Our precise … and robust difference-in-difference estimates show that child care had strong positive effects on children's educational … attainment and labor market participation, and also reduced welfare dependency. Subsample analysis indicates that children with …

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 …

implications of the Lanham Act for children's long-run outcomes related to educational attainment, family formation, and labor …

-in-differences methodology, we find that the labor market participation rates of women with children decreased after the introduction of the …

on a difference-in-differences methodology we find that the labour market participation rates of women with children …