reveal an intra-household transmission of communicable diseases: mothers experience 4–8% more infections and 2–4% more …, mothers benefit from reductions in obesity and anaemia, and heterogeneity analyses show a lower prevalence of mood- and stress …-related disorders for multiparous and older mothers. The policy implications of our findings extend beyond the health impacts of early …

percentage point increase in the availability of childcare decreases mothers' self-assessed health by 0.173 points on a one to … 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 …

child is young is correlated with the child's adult outcomes. Specifically, do children with stay-at-home mothers have … insignificant differences between children raised by stay-at-home mothers during their early years and children with mothers working …

outcomes of mothers three years after birth by 85%. For first time mothers it also narrowed the gap in maternal health between …, reducing hospitalization costs and the foregone income of mothers and improving the long-run socioeconomic outcomes of children …

flexible work alternative for married mothers with young children and estimates the impact of the additional flexibility on …-cycle model of labor supply and fertility. I find that mothers with preschool-aged children value the flexible amenities self …'s median lifetime earnings by 1.2%. Overall, my findings offer evidence that mothers value workplace flexibility and employment …

adverse effect for children of low-educated mothers on human capital investments and labor-market attachment in early … of home production. Sons of low-educated mothers, on the other hand, were less likely to be employed. The results suggest …

The share of single mothers is higher in East Germany than in West Germany. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel …