This paper provides large-scale evidence linking the economic effects of childcare programs to social skills measured in adulthood. We examine Finland's first national public childcare program, and document that it increased parental labor supply - through retirement - while reducing the...

We study the spillover effects of cognitive decline in one member of a coupled household on the financial outcomes of their partner and assess how "own" and spillover effects are moderated by the structure of household financial decision-making. We use a large, nationally representative...

Identifying sensitive periods in which the returns to investments into skills are especially high is challenging, but crucial for an effective and efficient timing of parental or public investments aimed at fostering children's skills. We can detect sensitive periods with a novel design by...