mothers in Germany. While mothers using center-based care spend significantly less time in the presence of their child, we … relatively small or zero. The pattern of results is more pronounced for lower education mothers. The lack of large decreases in … activities, but these are compensated for by lower education mothers during non-center hours. Our findings represent novel …

mothers in Germany. While mothers using center-based care spend significantly less time in the presence of their child, we … relatively small or zero. The pattern of results is more pronounced for lower education mothers. The lack of large decreases in … activities, but these are compensated for by lower education mothers during non-center hours. Our findings represent novel …

-cognitive child development outcomes. We identify a strong positive association between mothers' life satisfaction and their children …. Our findings suggest that mothers' life satisfaction is beneficial for their children's development at all ages and that …

-cognitive child development outcomes. We identify a strong positive association between mothers’ life satisfaction and their children …. Our findings suggest that mothers’ life satisfaction is beneficial for their children’s development at all ages and that it …

Germany'-Study for 2010 and 2011 (N=3,301 mothers) with regional structural quality data. We used regression models of … employment status and work hours changes, respectively. In East Germany, mothers with a child aged under three years who lived in … negative association of child-teacher-ratios with maternal employment was marginally significant. For mothers with older …

development and socio-economic development gaps. For children born before January 1, 2007, parental leave benefits were means …-tested and paid for up to 24 months after childbirth. For children born thereafter, parental leave benefits were earnings … study the reform effects on children's language skills, motor skills, socio-emotional stability, and school readiness using …

Grandparents act as the third biggest care giver besides day care and parental care for children below the age of 6 in … children's non-cognitive outcomes and parental well-being. To capture heterogeneous effects on different dimensions of children … panel data set, we analyze age-specific effects for families with children below the age of 11. Our preliminary results …

three-year-old children as well as the socio-emotional behavior of five- to six-year-old children. We use data from the … mothers' personality or mothers' cognitive skills are controlled for. …