In this study we examine the passage of a reform to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures in Sweden in 2003 … outcomes of mothers three years after birth by 85%. For first time mothers it also narrowed the gap in maternal health between …, reducing hospitalization costs and the foregone income of mothers and improving the long-run socioeconomic outcomes of children …

In this paper, we take a multilevel perspective to investigate the role of child care in the transition to motherhood …

(CEL) of 1997, and the differentiation in its implementation across regions, as instruments for schooling of young mothers … education of mothers increases the probability of completing the full course of DPT and Hepatitis B vaccinations for their …

fertility in East Germany. But did it also affect the fertility of future generations? In this paper, I investigate early … motherhood - a marker of lifetime disadvantage - of those born in the years immediately after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Using … with both of their parents. These results suggest that severe recessions increase early motherhood of those born into …

This paper investigates whether the effects of affordable and easily available public child care on fertility and … effects on fertility and maternal employment are driven by women who face relatively higher career costs of children: women in …

This paper investigates whether the effects of affordable and easily available public child care on fertility and … effects on fertility and maternal employment are driven by women who face relatively higher career costs of children: women in …