Løken, Katrine V.; Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Reiso, … - 2016
Using rich administrative data from Norway, we evaluate a 1998 work-encouraging reform targeted at single parents. We … younger single mothers, those most likely to be affected by the reform, the grade point average of their children drops … significantly by 7% of a standard deviation. We isolate groups of mothers who are affected by the reform either primarily by having …