In 1998 the Norwegian government introduced a program that increased parents' incentives to stay home with children … under the age of three. Many eligible children had older siblings, and we investigate how this program affected long …

We consider a non-cooperative model of the household, in which the husband and wife decide on parental leave and the … more home production. As a result, the cost of raising children increases and fertility declines. Assuming a loss of … utility from children in the case of divorce, lower fertility increases the probability of divorce. Using Spanish data and RDD …

formation of children. To this end, we exploit a nationwide reform that mandated Swedish municipalities to offer childcare … access for infants' older siblings, while parents were on parental leave to care for their infants. Survey data on childcare … effects on the children's 6th grade test scores, but we find evidence of positive effects on test scores for sons of less than …

child human capital is a household public good and that the relationship between child human capital and employment is … a cohort of English teenagers in compulsory education. Our results support a situation in which parents 'tax' their … children's earnings, withdrawing financial support as the child increases his working hours. This strategy forces the child to …

child human capital is a household public good and that the relationship between child human capital and employment is … a cohort of English teenagers in compulsory education. Our results support a situation in which parents "tax" their … children's earnings, withdrawing financial support as the child increases his working hours. This strategy forces the child to …

well as study the role of household resources. I find that parents are driven by efficiency considerations rather than … the production function, they invest more in higher-achieving children. Resources are important, as constrained parents …Intra-household inequality explains up to 50 percent of the cross-sectional variation in child human capital in the …