large sample size, our work offers three important innovations: First, because we know the exact addresses of mothers, we … select those mothers closest to air monitors to ensure a more accurate measure of air quality. Second, since we follow … mothers over time, we control for unobserved characteristics of mothers using maternal fixed effects. Third, we examine …

children live with a never-married mother. Children of never-married mothers are more likely to drop out of high school, repeat … the likelihood that children drop out of high school, focusing on blacks and Hispanics. Instrumental variables estimates … and child outcomes for blacks and Hispanics, at least for the children of women whose marriage decisions are most affected …

children, helping with homework, and in educational activities in general. We find no evidence that these decreases in time are …

their children, and playing with their children, and are more likely to purchase prepared foods. We find suggestive evidence …

In the U.S. teen mothers are more likely to give birth to low birth weight babies than non-teen mothers. There is also … the short and long term for parents, children, and society at large. This paper examines the causal link between teen age … estimator to identify the impact of smoking on babies of teen and non-teen mothers. We find that both OLS and matching estimator …

significant increase in maternity leave mandates in Canada. We find very large increases in mothers' time away from work post …

This paper investigates whether children are more or less likely to be overweight if their mothers work. The prevalence … of both overweight children and working mothers has risen dramatically over the past few decades, although these parallel … for children of white mothers, of mothers with more education, and of mothers with a high income level. Applying our …

children's lives. Among mothers of six month old infants, maternal work hours are positively associated with depressive …, we estimate the effects of maternal employment on these outcomes measured when children are 6 months old. Next, we use … symptoms and self-reported parenting stress, and negatively associated with self-rated overall health among mothers. Compared …

This paper studies the effect of mothers' education on fertility in a population with very low female labor force … number of children, better knowledge and higher probability of using contraceptives, recognition that family size can … compromise children quality, larger role for women in family decision making, less religiosity, and positive attitude towards …