employment and fertility among women, as well as long-run cognitive outcomes among children. A structural life-cycle model of … outcomes of children, via estimating a cognitive ability production function that corrects for the endogeneity of inputs. We …-education women. This leads to lower reading scores among children, primarily as a result of mothers shifting away from formal care …

indicate that mothers are in a worse physical condition if their children attend formal care, whereas no such effect is found … with regard to mothers ́mental health. Overall, there is evidence that mothers placing their children in formal day care …

condition if their children attend formal care, whereas no such effect is found with regard to mothers' mental health. Overall …, there is evidence that mothers placing their children in formal care interact with them more frequently. …

, subsidies for external child care, and parental leave payments. We compare the impact on the quantity and quality of children …

maternal employment depend on the career costs of children a woman faces. It builds on the idea that these costs vary by … effects on fertility and maternal employment are driven by women who face relatively higher career costs of children: women in … facing higher career costs of having children. …

Women experience significant reductions in labor market income following the birth of children, while their male …