on her child's secondary education in Mexico and find that the children of Mexican mothers with greater autonomy in … autonomy effect is weaker and non-existent for older children and for girls suggesting that gender-directed conditional cash …

30. The effect is especially large for children of those mothers who, prior to the reform, would take very low levels of …We study the impact on children of increasing maternity leave benefits using a reform that increased paid and unpaid … maternity leave in Norway in July 1977. Mothers giving birth before this date were eligible only for 12 weeks of unpaid leave …