This paper evaluates how a light-touch parenting program for parents of children below school entry age affects … use a sample of mothers from deprived neighborhoods, for which we generate a control group using additional data. Overall …

crimes, and focus on mothers who lived in a home where an assault was reported during their pregnancies. We compare these … mothers to women who lived in a home with an assault that took place shortly after the birth.We find that assaults in the 3rd …

This study investigates how maternal working hours are related to various outcomes in children aged 11 to 15 using a … sample of mothers and adolescents in the British Household Panel Survey. Research that examines the effects of maternal … employment on children has been motivated by the rapid increase of female participation rates in the labour market and increased …

children increases. In these advanced economies the negative impact on fertility deriving from the fact that fewer pregnancies … sons ; mothers' behaviour …

children increases. In these advanced economies the negative impact on fertility deriving from the fact that fewer pregnancies …

This study investigates how maternal working hours are related to various outcomes in children aged 11 to 15 using a … sample of mothers and adolescents in the British Household Panel Survey. Research that examines the effects of maternal … employment on children has been motivated by the rapid increase of female participation rates in the labour market and increased …

-old children in Turkey. As the source of exogenous variation in maternal schooling, we use mothers' exposure to the 1997 education … mothers' educational attainment and a rise in children's readiness to learn. Our finding is novel because it measures … mothers and fathers, particularly fathers, spend more time with their children, and the variety of activities parents engage …