children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not … from six to eight weeks. Our estimation strategy exploits that the eligibility for the extended leave was determined by a … cutoff due date. As an additional source of exogenous variation, we use information on non-working mothers, who are not …

children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not … from six to eight weeks. Our estimation strategy exploits that the eligibility for the extended leave was determined by a … cutoff due date. As an additional source of exogenous variation, we use information on non-working mothers, who are not …

children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not … from six to eight weeks. Our estimation strategy exploits that the eligibility for the extended leave was determined by a … cutoff due date. As an additional source of exogenous variation, we use information on non-working mothers, who are not …

Maternity leave policies are designed to safeguard the health of pregnant workers and their unborn children. However … caused by work in the third trimester of pregnancy. We find no evidence for significant effects of this extension on children …