school-going children. When children attend school, the potential time working mothers miss out with their children, is …-school aged children. Instead, we find that children's sorting test score is higher when their mothers work part-time (girls) or … smaller than when children do not yet attend school. At the same time, working might benefit children through, for example …

school-going children. When children attend school, the potential time working mothers miss out with their children, is …-school aged children. Instead, we find that children's sorting test score is higher when their mothers work part-time (girls) or … smaller than when children do not yet attend school. At the same time, working might benefit children through, for example …

maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers … effects suggests that children and in particular girls born to very young mothers are worst off. The transmission channel … policies assisting children born to early mothers and preventive policies tackling early pregnancy. …

maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers … effects suggests that children and in particular girls born to very young mothers are worst off. The transmission channel … policies assisting children born to early mothers and preventive policies tackling early pregnancy. …

phases of childhood and early adolescence. Our results indicate that children born to early mothers are shorter for their age … age on offspring human capital in terms of health and cognition. The analysis relies on mother fixed effects to allow for … and perform poorer in the math test, with stronger effects for (female) offspring born to very young mothers …

Increasing mothers' labour supply in a child's preschool years can cause a reduction in time investments that lead to a … negative direct effect on mid-childhood and teenage outcomes. But as mothers' work hours increase, income will rise. We ask … variation in both mothers' hours and family income in pre-school years. As expected we find a negative direct effect of an …