We exploit the implementation of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to identify exogenous shifts in … mothers' labor force participation and its impact on their children's educational outcomes. Using child level panel data, we … find that a mother's participation in the labor force increases her children's time spent in school and leads to better …

We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes … program is associated with better educational outcomes of their children. Father's participation in the NREGS, on the other … hand, has a negative effect on children's education. Further, the estimated impact of mother's program participation is …

We use a nationally representative dataset from India to investigate the causal effects of maternal participation in … effect of maternal work on child nutrition in India. The quantile estimates provide evidence of large heterogeneity in the … effect of mother's work on child nutrition. In particular, the results suggest that it is children in the lower tail of the …

and they are becoming systematic in their investment behavior. India has always been a nation of savers, but for the …

from the IDEFICS study of children aged 2-9 in 16 regions of eight European countries. Based on such data as accelerometer …