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IZA Discussion Paper No. 12416
When Behavioral Barriers Are Too High or Low: How Timing Matters for Parenting Interventions
Kalena E. Cortes, Hans Fricke, Susanna Loeb, David S. Song, Ben York
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12403
The Gender Gap in Informal Child Care: Theory and Some Evidence from Italy
Francesca Barigozzi, Helmuth Cremer, Chiara Monfardini
published in: Economia Italiana, 2019, 3, 66-98.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12374
Free Education Helps Combat Child Labor? The Effect of a Free Compulsory Education Reform in Rural China
Can Tang, Liqiu Zhao, Zhong Zhao
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2020, 33, 601–631 [Details & Download]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12363
Intergenerational and Intragenerational Externalities of the Perry Preschool Project
James J. Heckman, Ganesh Karapakula
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12362
The Perry Preschoolers at Late Midlife: A Study in Design-Specific Inference
James J. Heckman, Ganesh Karapakula
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12328
The Effects of Conflict on Fertility: Evidence from the Genocide in Rwanda
Kati Kraehnert, Tilman Brück, Michele Di Maio, Roberto Nistico
published in: Demography, 2019, 56 (3), 935 - 968.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12289
Birth Order, Fertility, and Child Height in India and Africa
Dean Spears, Diane Coffey, Jere R. Behrman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12230
Baby Bonuses and Early-Life Health Outcomes: Using Regression Discontinuity to Evaluate the Causal Impact of an Unconditional Cash Transfer
John Lynch, Aurélie Meunier, Rhiannon Pilkington, Stefanie Schurer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12207
Do Parents Work More When Children Start School? Evidence from the Netherlands
Lisette Swart, Wiljan Van den Berge, Karen van der Wiel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12196
Do Constraints on Women Worsen Child Deprivations? Framework, Measurement, and Evidence from India
Alberto Posso, Stephen C. Smith, Lucia Ferrone
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12196
Do Constraints on Women Worsen Child Deprivations? Framework, Measurement, and Evidence from India
Alberto Posso, Stephen C. Smith, Lucia Ferrone
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12196
Do Constraints on Women Worsen Child Deprivations? Framework, Measurement, and Evidence from India
Alberto Posso, Stephen C. Smith, Lucia Ferrone
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12194
Impact of Comprehensive Smoking Bans on the Health of Infants and Children: Evidence from the U.S.
Kerry Anne McGeary, Dhaval M. Dave, Brandy Lipton, Timothy Roeper
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12186
Socialized Healthcare and Women's Fertility Decisions
Resul Cesur, Pinar Mine Gunes, Erdal Tekin, Aydogan Ulker
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12178
The Legacy Lead Deposition in Soils and Its Impact on Cognitive Function in Preschool-Aged Children in the United States
Karen Clay, Margarita Portnykh, Edson R. Severnini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12163
Improving Access and Quality in Early Childhood Development Programs: Experimental Evidence from the Gambia
Moussa Blimpo, Pedro Carneiro, Pamela Jervis, Todd Pugatch
forthcoming in Economic Development and Cultural Change
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12162
Does Child Labor Lead to Vulnerable Employment in Adulthood? Evidence for Tanzania
Sara Burrone, Gianna Claudia Giannelli
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2020; https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2020.1755655
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12148
Home Production of Childcare and Labour Supply Decisions in a Collective Household Model
Hélène Turon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12147
Motherhood, Migration, and Self-Employment of College Graduates
Zhengyu Cai, Heather M. Stephens, John V. Winters
published in: Small Business Economics, 2019, 53 (3), 611-629
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12146
Universal Childcare for the Youngest and the Maternal Labour Supply
Astrid Kunze, Xingfei Liu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12145
Parental Child Care Time, Income and Subjective Well-Being: A Multidimensional Polarization Approach for Germany
Joachim Merz, Normen Peters
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12110
Measuring the Quality of the Home Environment of Young Children in Uruguay: Socioeconomic Gradients in the Home Inventory
Florencia López Bóo, Mayaris Cubides Mateus, Rita Sorio, Giorgina Garibotto, Christian Berón
published in: Zero to Three Journal, 2018
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12109
Cash, Conditions and Child Development: Experimental Evidence from a Cash Transfer in Honduras
Florencia López Bóo, John Creamer
published in: Economia, LACEA, 2019, 19 (2), 169 - 196
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12109
Cash, Conditions and Child Development: Experimental Evidence from a Cash Transfer in Honduras
Florencia López Bóo, John Creamer
published in: Economia, LACEA, 2019, 19 (2), 169 - 196
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12106
Delivering Parenting Interventions through Health Services in the Caribbean
Susan P. Walker, Christine Powell, Susan M. Chang, Helen Baker-Henningham, Sally Grantham-McGregor, Marcos Vera-Hernandez, Florencia López Bóo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12104
Parental Ethnic Identity and Child Development
Stuart Campbell, Ana Nuevo-Chiquero, Gurleen Popli, Anita Ratcliffe
published as 'Parental identity and child test scores' (with Stuart Campbell, Gurleen Popli and Anita Ratcliffe) in: Fiscal Studies, 2020, 41 (4), 851 - 881
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12103
Actors in the Child Development Process
Daniela Del Boca, Christopher Flinn, Ewout Verriest, Matthew Wiswall
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12025
Can Reduced Child Support Make Joint Custody Bad for Children? The Role of Economic Incentives in U.S. Divorce Law on Child Outcomes
Daniel Fernández-Kranz, Jennifer Louise Roff, Hugette Sun
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12025
Can Reduced Child Support Make Joint Custody Bad for Children? The Role of Economic Incentives in U.S. Divorce Law on Child Outcomes
Daniel Fernández-Kranz, Jennifer Louise Roff, Hugette Sun
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11987
The Returns to Parental Health: Evidence from Indonesia
Dara Lee Luca, David E. Bloom
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11986
Parental Migration Decisions and Child Health Outcomes: Evidence from China
Carl Lin, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers
published in: Research in Labor Economics (Health and Labor Markets), 2019, 47, 281-310
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11985
Who's Minding the Kids? Experimental Evidence on the Demand for Child Care Quality
James Gordon, Chris M. Herbst, Erdal Tekin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11985
Who's Minding the Kids? Experimental Evidence on the Demand for Child Care Quality
James Gordon, Chris M. Herbst, Erdal Tekin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11984
Violence during Early Childhood and Child Development
Matias Berthelon, Dante Contreras, Diana Kruger, María Isidora Palma
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11984
Violence during Early Childhood and Child Development
Matias Berthelon, Dante Contreras, Diana Kruger, María Isidora Palma
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11983
The Income Elasticity of Child Labour: Do Cash Transfers Have an Impact on the Poorest Children?
Luca Pellerano, Eleonora Porreca, Furio C. Rosati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11962
The Labeling Effect of a Child Benefits System: Evidence from Russia 1994-2015
Louise Grogan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11962
The Labeling Effect of a Child Benefits System: Evidence from Russia 1994-2015
Louise Grogan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11947
Economic Behavior of Children and Adolescents - A First Survey of Experimental Economics Results
Matthias Sutter, Claudia Zoller, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler
published in: European Economic Review, 2019, 111, 98-121
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11930
Son Preference and Human Capital Investment among China's Rural-Urban Migrant Households
Carl Lin, Yan Sun, Chunbing Xing
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2021, 57 (12), 2077-2094
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11913
Academic Achievement and the Gender Composition of Preschool Staff
Mette Gørtz, Eva Rye Johansen, Marianne Simonsen
forthcoming in: Labour Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11899
Domestic Violence and Child Mortality
Samantha Rawlings, Zahra Siddique
revised from IZA DP 8566; published as `Domestic Violence and Child Mortality in the Developing World' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 82(4): 723-750.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11898
Child Access Prevention Laws and Juvenile Firearm-Related Homicides
D. Mark Anderson, Joseph J. Sabia, Erdal Tekin
forthcoming in: Journal of Urban Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11891
The Great Recession and Children's Mental Health in Australia
Melisa Bubonya, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Daniel Christensen, Sarah E. Johnson, Stephen R. Zubrick
published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019, 16 (4), 537, doi:10.3390/ijerph1604053
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11873
Fathers' Parental Leave-Taking, Childcare Involvement and Mothers' Labor Market Participation
Marcus Tamm
revised version published as 'Fathers' parental leave-taking, childcare involvement and labor market participation' in: Labour Economics, available online 8 April 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2019.04.007
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11872
Cross Cohort Evidence on Gendered Sorting Patterns in the UK: The Importance of Societal Movements versus Childhood Variables
Warn N. Lekfuangfu, Grace Lordan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11794
Parental Leave Policies and Socio-Economic Gaps in Child Development: Evidence from a Substantial Benefit Reform Using Administrative Data
Mathias Huebener, Daniel Kühnle, C. Katharina Spieß
published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 61, 101754
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11755
Child Sleep and Maternal Labour Market Outcomes
Joan Costa-Font, Sarah Flèche
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2019, available online 15 November 2019 (in press)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11741
What Do Parents Value in a Child Care Provider? Evidence from Yelp Consumer Reviews
Chris M. Herbst, Kevin C. Desouza, Saud Alashri, Srinivasa Srivatsav Kandala, Mayank Khullar, Vikash Bajaj
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11741
What Do Parents Value in a Child Care Provider? Evidence from Yelp Consumer Reviews
Chris M. Herbst, Kevin C. Desouza, Saud Alashri, Srinivasa Srivatsav Kandala, Mayank Khullar, Vikash Bajaj
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