that Muslims are the youngest when becoming pregnant for the first time. Protestants delay first pregnancy, but once being … pregnant, Protestants are more likely to carry their first pregnancy to term rather than having an abortion. With respect to … first pregnancy and its outcome, Catholics surprisingly compare to non‐religious women. Against the background of increasing …

children has increased interest in the health effects of job stress on pregnancy outcomes in the United States. The few studies … mothers in the state and contain detailed information on individual human capital, health (pregnancy outcomes), welfare, and … observations with missing data, the sample includes information on 591,105 births to working mothers in this time period. In the …

children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not … cutoff due date. As an additional source of exogenous variation, we use information on non-working mothers, who are not … children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …

children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not … cutoff due date. As an additional source of exogenous variation, we use information on non-working mothers, who are not … children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …

leave in Austria that strongly affected the share of mothers who work up to the 32nd week of pregnancy. I use administrative … during pregnancy on newborn health. In this paper, I exploit three sharp policy changes on the duration of paid parental … discontinuity framework to identify the effect of prenatal employment on their offspring. Maternal employment during pregnancy with …

. Are birth outcomes of physician mothers affected as a result? Using Texas birth data from 2007-2014, we compared birth …

-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 …

suggests that mothers' paid work increased substantially following the introduction of the child care program. I then study the … implications of the Lanham Act for children's long-run outcomes related to educational attainment, family formation, and labor …

, children of working mothers have a lower probability of attending school. This, together with the result that only illiterate …This paper investigates the determinants of school attendance of children and their mother's working status when the … mother decides how to allocate her time and that of her children. A multilevel random effects model is applied to study the …