to care for their new children. While there is substantial variation in the details of these policies around the world … introduction of short paid and unpaid leave programs can improve children's short- and long-term outcomes. Fourth, while more …

, I will focus on some potential benefits of leave. I investigate the long-term effects on children of increasing the … the leave reform and to estimate whether there is a measurable, persistent effect on children's cognitive and educational … outcomes at ages 15 and 21. A population sample of Danish children born in the months around implementation of the reform and a …

substantial expansion of childcare for children under three years in West Germany from 2006 to 2019. By matching county … is the transmission of infections from children to mothers. Consistent with this hypothesis, we observe that increased … childcare availability leads to mothers worrying more about their children's health. While early childcare expansions offer well …

supply ; cognitive skills ; family policy ; Germany …

Many countries are currently expanding access to child care for young children. But are all children equally likely to … (children's age, birth weight and socio-economic background), but less so with respect to unobserved determinants of selection …

Many countries are currently expanding access to child care for young children. But are all children equally likely to … (children's age, birth weight and socio-economic background), but less so with respect to unobserved determinants of selection …

More children than ever attend center-based care early in life. We study whether children who attend center-based care … entering primary school. In data covering about 36,000 children in one West German state, we use a marginal treatment effects … framework to show how causal effects vary with observed characteristics of children, parents, and care centers and with …