This paper tests the effects of fertility on household structure and parental labor supply in rural China. To solve the … endogeneity problem, we use a unique survey on households with twin children and a comparison group of non-twin households. The … ordinary least squares estimates show a negative correlation between fertility and parental labor supply. Using twinning as a …

The disproportionate impact of children on women's earnings constitutes the primary factor contributing to persistent … gender inequality in many countries. This paper examines the multigenerational impact of children and whether the public … provision of formal childcare lessens the earnings and employment impacts of children. Our analyses notably incorporate the role …

sample of more than 500 parents with pre-school aged children. Our findings show that our tool is reliable and delivers high …

This study investigates whether the expansion of day-care places for under-three-year-old children in East and West …

reduction in parental time devoted to children, which modifies their human capital accumulation process. We show that the result … critically depends on the assumptions on the altruistic motives behind the choice of devoting time to children. …

activities are explained by two factors: (i) that center care replaces time that parents spend with the child but are doing other …