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 … 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 the time that the mother spends with her child in the first year by … exploiting a reform that increased paid and unpaid maternity leave in Norway. The reform increased maternal leave on average by 4 … for children of mothers who, prior to the reform, would take very low levels of unpaid leave. -- adult outcomes ; time …

particular, we examine a reform that increased paid and unpaid maternity leave entitlements in Norway. In response to this reform … those whose mothers have less than 10 years of education. This effect is especially large for children of mothers who, in …

We study the impact on children of increasing the time that the mother spends with her child in the first year by … exploiting a reform that increased paid and unpaid maternity leave in Norway. The reform increased maternal leave on average by 4 … for children of mothers who, prior to the reform, would take very low levels of unpaid leave …

these subsidies on children's longer run outcomes. Using a sharp discontinuity in the price of childcare in Norway, we are … this, we find significant positive effect of the subsidies on children's academic performance in junior high school …, suggesting the positive shock to disposable income provided by the subsidies may be helping to improve children's scholastic …