Early Child Development and Maternal Labor Force Participation : Using Handedness as an Instrument

We estimate the effect of early child development on maternal labor force participation using data from teacher assessments. Mothers might react to having a poorly developing child by dropping out of the formal labor force in order to spend more time with their child, or they could potentially increase their labor supply to be able to provide the funds for better education and health resources...

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Year of publication:	2008-06-01
Authors:	Frijters, Paul ; Johnston, David W. ; Shah, Manisha ; Shields, Michael A.
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Entwicklung / Kind \| child development \| Erwerbstätigkeitsstatistik \| Händigkeit

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Series:	Universität Bonn - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA) - Discussion Papers in 2008 Discussion Paper ; 3537 (2008)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; Personnel psychology ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; No country specification
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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