This study analyzes the effect of fathers' parental leave-taking on the time fathers spend with their children and on … on within-father differences in leave-taking for first and higher order children that were triggered by a policy reform …

This study analyzes the effect of fathers' parental leave-taking on the time fathers spend with their children and on … on within-father differences in leave-taking for first and higher order children that were triggered by a policy reform …

licensed childcare centers in Japan, on mothers' employment and earnings. We focus on mothers with children less than two years … accredited childcare center increases the employment rate of mothers of zero- and one-year-old children by 40.3 and 18 …

childhood parental employment and subsequent education of children. In a model in which parental preferences are separable in … parents may compensate or reinforce children's endowments relevant to educational attainment. A sibling difference estimation … stronger assumptions about the timing of parents' knowledge of their children's endowments and about the technology used to …

school-going children. When children attend school, the potential time working mothers miss out with their children, is … smaller than when children do not yet attend school. At the same time, working might benefit children through, for example …, greater family income. Our study is highly relevant for public policy as in most countries maternal employment rates rise when …

school-going children. When children attend school, the potential time working mothers miss out with their children, is … smaller than when children do not yet attend school. At the same time, working might benefit children through, for example …, greater family income. Our study is highly relevant for public policy as in most countries maternal employment rates rise when …

childhood parental employment and subsequent education of children. In a model in which parental preferences are separable in … parents may compensate or reinforce children's endowments relevant to educational attainment. A sibling difference estimation … stronger assumptions about the timing of parents' knowledge of their children's endowments and about the technology used to …

low female employment regime. Family size is instrumented using twinning and gender composition of the first two children … to be -7.1 percentage points. However, we find no effect of additional children on female employment among families with …. Among families with at least one child we identify the average causal effect of an additional child on mother's employment …