This paper estimates the impact of the extension of compulsory schooling in Turkey from 5 to 8 years on the marriage … new education policy reduces the probability of marriage and giving birth for teenage women substantially: the probability … of marriage by age 16 is reduced by 44 percent and the probability of giving birth by age 17 falls by 36 percent. The …

their young children longer, the conflict between women’s dual roles as full-time worker and full-time mother is reduced …, which may reduce conflicts within the marriage …

suggests that mothers' paid work increased substantially following the introduction of the child care program. I then study the … implications of the Lanham Act for children's long-run outcomes related to educational attainment, family formation, and labor …

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 …

, children of working mothers have a lower probability of attending school. This, together with the result that only illiterate …This paper investigates the determinants of school attendance of children and their mother's working status when the … mother decides how to allocate her time and that of her children. A multilevel random effects model is applied to study the …