being out of work on a range of labour market outcomes as young adults. Children of non-working fathers work less and are …

outline. Then Chapter 2 examines the association between maternal employment and childhood obesity. Chapter 3 takes a … increase of overweight and obese children and considers the higher female employment participation in China. We analyze how … maternal employment is correlated with childhood obesity in China. Our work makes a non-Western comparison in this field, which …

their mothers may be less mature, have fewer financial resources when the child is young, and may partner with fathers of … children born to the youngest teen mothers. Unlike previous research, we have information on fathers and find that negative … selection of fathers of children born to teen mothers plays an important role in producing inferior child outcomes. These …