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

mothers who gave birth and their newborns. Applying a difference-in-differences approach to register data on all births in … Sweden over two decades, we show that the closures negatively affected the health of mothers, while effects on infant health … were small and insignificant. The adverse effects on mothers are mainly driven by crowding effects at remaining wards …

variation in children's age at strike start, we show that early, but not later, strike exposure increases child and mother …

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 …

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 …

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 …