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Effects of early childhood intervention on maternal employment, fertility and well-being : evidence from a randomized controlled trail
Sandner, Malte - 2013
-time mothers and their families implemented in three German federal states. I analysis the impact of the intervention on maternal … the participating mothers until the third birthday of the child give a rich data source to evaluate these outcomes. I find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010239738
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The duration of paid parental leave and cildren's scholastic performance
Liu, Qian; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2009
time mothers spend with their children. Since the institutional context is one in which the alternative is subsidized day …We study how the duration of paid parental leave affects the accumulation of cognitive skills among children. We use a … reform which extended parental leave benefits from 12 to 15 months for Swedish children born after August 1988 to evaluate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003848868
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Money vs. Time : Family Income, Maternal Labor Supply, and Child Development
Agostinelli, Francesco - 2018
We study the effect of family income and maternal hours worked on child development. Our instrumental variable analysis suggests different results for cognitive and behavioral development. An additional $1,000 in family income improves cognitive development by 4.4 percent of a standard deviation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930296
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The Effect of Maternal Migration on Early Childhood Development in Rural China
Yue, Ai - 2016
Nearly a quarter of all children under the age of two in China are left behind in the countryside as parents migrate to … urban areas for work. We use a longitudinal survey following young children and their caregivers from 6 to 30 months of age …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976971
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Effects of Early Childhood Intervention on Fertility and Maternal Employment : Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Sandner, Malte - 2015
welfare state arrangements for disadvantaged mothers with young children in Germany …-income, first-time mothers. A major goal of the program is to improve the participants' economic self-sufficiency and family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010901
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Money vs. time : family income, maternal labor supply, and child development
Agostinelli, Francesco; Sorrenti, Giuseppe - 2021 - Revised version
support working mothers and their children. … mothers. Overall, our results call for a policy debate on how to design targeted supplements for disadvantaged families to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012436099
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School starting age, maternal age at birth, and child outcomes
Fredriksson, Peter; Huttunen, Kristiina; Öckert, Björn - 2021
This paper analyses the effects of maternal school starting age and maternal age-at-birth on children's short and long …-term outcomes using Finnish register data. We exploit a school-starting-age rule for identification. Mothers who are born after the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419210
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The Duration of Paid Parental Leave and Children's Scholastic Performance
Liu, Qian - 2009
mothers spend with their children. Since the institutional context is one in which the alternative is subsidized day care, the …We study how the duration of paid parental leave affects the accumulation of cognitive skills among children. We use a … reform which extended parental leave benefits from 12 to 15 months for Swedish children born after August 1988 to evaluate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158524
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School Starting Age, Maternal Age at Birth, and Child Outcomes
Fredriksson, Peter; Huttunen, Kristiina; Ockert, Bjorn - 2021
This paper analyses the effects of maternal school starting age and maternal age-at-birth on children's short and long …-term outcomes using Finnish register data. We exploit a school-starting-age rule for identification. Mothers who are born after the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013250251
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The effect of teenage employment on character skills, expectations and occupational choice strategies
Fuchs, Benjamin - 2016 - This draft: September 22, 2016
A growing body of research suggests that, even after controlling for cognitive abilities, personality predicts economic success in later life. The learning environment at school focuses on knowledge and cognitive skills. The transmission of character skills, however, is not at the center of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011554485