-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 …

instrument” is supported by a host of validity tests. This strategy also enables us to predict mothers’ abilities. Our results …

preferences as arising from the non-compliance of mothers to the availability of grandparents and from preferences of grandparents … grandparental childcare on mothers’ labour supply is positive, statistically significant and economically relevant. The effect is … stronger for lower educated mothers, with young children and living in the North and Centre …