Can moving to an earnings-related parental leave system influence children's wellbeing and are heterogeneous effects on … parents carried over to the entire family, making special groups of children worse off than others? To answer this question … benefit amount compared to the pre-reform situation. 2-3-year-old children belonging to the reform's winners, however, improve …

Can moving to an earnings-related parental leave system influence children's wellbeing and are heterogeneous effects on … parents carried over to the entire family, making special groups of children worse off than others? To answer this question … benefit amount compared to the pre-reform situation. 2-3-year-old children belonging to the reform's winners, however, improve …

, especially those of mothers with young children. This trend has triggered an intense debate about its implications for children …'s well-being and long-term educational outcomes. The overall effect of maternal and paternal employment on children …'s cognitive and educational attainment is not obvious: on the one hand, children may benefit from higher levels of family income …

We study how children's socio-emotional skills and well-being in adolescence are affected by an increase in the … delayed children's entry into formal out-of-home care, we show that longer leave increases adolescent well …-being, conscientiousness and emotional stability, and reduces school absenteeism. The effects are strongest for children of mothers who would …

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human …

How do parental resources early in life affect children's health and schooling outcomes? We address this question by …. The effects are prevalent primarily among children to high-income mothers. Impacts are driven by a combination of a …

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human …

We study how fathers' time impacts children's human capital using the introduction of earmarked paternity leave in … Sweden. We use administrative data on parents' leave uptake and children's educational outcomes in a difference …

We study how children's socio-emotional skills and well-being in adolescence are affected by an increase in the … delayed children's entry into formal out-of-home care, we show that longer leave increases adolescent well …-being, conscientiousness and emotional stability, and reduces school absenteeism. The effects are strongest for children of mothers who would …

In this paper, we provide evidence of whether child spacing affects the future success of children. As an exogenous …-born mothers, the reform also caused a decrease in educational attainment. Thus, this suggests that the effect of spacing children … closer has a negative impact on children's future outcomes. We provide additional evidence that this is likely due to the …