-economic outcomes (mortality, human capital, and labor force participation), and children's health and socio-economic outcomes …

married woman's preferred number of children by 0.35 on average and her actual number by 0.50. Ramifications for China's one …

-school age children but did not benefit children who were older. We exploit the variation in access to the program generated by … regarding violence against women. An increase in education has also reduced the number of desired children by women and …

by 2011. We assess the case for paid maternity leave, focusing on parents' responses to a series of policy reforms in … empirical results reveals the expansions had little effect on a wide variety of outcomes, including children's school outcomes … had little impact on parents' future tax payments and benefit receipt. As a result, the large increases in public spending …

the CPS, we describe trends in parents' employment and leave-taking after birth of a newborn and analyze the extent to …

policies aiming to increase maternal employment and those maximizing the choices available to families with young children …

. However, this conceals wide variation: 63 percent of such children reside in families with no child care expenses and 10 …