that required expectant mothers to initiate prenatal care during the first ten weeks of gestation to obtain a one … health. We further provide suggestive evidence that improved maternal health-related knowledge and behaviors during pregnancy …

expectant mothers to initiate prenatal care during the first ten weeks of gestation to obtain a one-time monetary transfer paid … provide suggestive evidence that improved maternal health-related knowledge and behaviors during pregnancy are plausible …

-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 …

as their longer-term earnings trajectories and children's school performance. To establish causality, we exploit … data for the entire Swedish population. Our results suggest a negative impact of benefit eligibility on mothers' labor … supply and earnings as well as on children's enrollment in childcare during the time the family is entitled to the benefit …

countries, implying that mothers spend less time with their children and that families rely more on external sources of …The economic and psychological literatures have demonstrated that early investments (private and public) in children …

impacts on women's labour supply, or on investments in children. Using data for developing countries and the United States, we …

phases of childhood and early adolescence. Our results indicate that children born to early mothers are shorter for their age … and perform poorer in the math test, with stronger effects for (female) offspring born to very young mothers …

policies assisting children born to early mothers and preventive policies tackling early pregnancy. … maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers … effects suggests that children and in particular girls born to very young mothers are worst off. The transmission channel …

policies assisting children born to early mothers and preventive policies tackling early pregnancy. … maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers … effects suggests that children and in particular girls born to very young mothers are worst off. The transmission channel …