IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2075

New Evidence on the Causal Link between the Quantity and Quality of Children

Joshua Angrist, Victor Lavy, Analia Schlosser

revised version published as 'Multiple Experiments for the Causal Link between the Quantity and Quality of Children' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2010, 28 (4), 773 - 824

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2058

Is Mothers' Time With Their Children Home Production or Leisure?

Jean Kimmel, Rachel Connelly

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2007, 42(3), 643-81

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2053

Labor Supply and Child Care Choices in a Rationed Child Care Market

Katharina Wrohlich

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2026

The Effect of Benefits on Single Motherhood in Europe

Libertad González

published in: Labour Economics, 2007, 14 (3), 393-412

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1932

Can Parents Afford to Work? Childcare Costs, Tax-Benefit Policies and Work Incentives

Herwig Immervoll, David Barber

updated and extended version published in: OECD (2007), Benefits and Wages: OECD Indicators

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1860

The Cost of Caring for Young Children

Dan T. Rosenbaum, Christopher J. Ruhm

published as 'Family Expenditures on Child Care' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy, 2007, 7(1), Article 34

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1837

Childhood Family Structure and Schooling Outcomes: Evidence for Germany

Marco Francesconi, Stephen P. Jenkins, Thomas Siedler

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (3), 1073-1103

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1797

A Constitutional Theory of the Family

Alessandro Cigno

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2006, 19 (2), 259-289

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1787

The Division of Labor by New Parents: Does Child Gender Matter?

Shelly Lundberg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1771

The Influence of Market Wages and Parental History on Child Labour and Schooling in Egypt

Jackline Wahba

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2006, 19 (4), 823-852

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1761

Work and Family: Marriage, Children, Child Gender and the Work Hours and Earnings of West German Men

Hyung-Jai Choi, Jutta M. Joesch, Shelly Lundberg

published as 'Sons, daughters, wives, and the labour market outcomes of West German men' in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (5), 795-811

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1746

Does Economic Uncertainty Affect the Decision to Bear Children? Evidence from East and West Germany

Sumon K. Bhaumik, Jeffrey B. Nugent

published as 'Real Options and Demographic Decisions: Evidence from East and West Germany' in: Applied Economics, 2011, 43 (21), 2739 - 2749

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1677

The Determinants of the Prevalence of Single Mothers: A Cross-Country Analysis

Libertad González

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1673

Maternal Employment and Adolescent Development

Christopher J. Ruhm

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15(5), 958-983

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1662

Family-Friendly Work Practices in Britain: Availability and Perceived Accessibility

John W. Budd, Karen A. Mumford

revised version published in: Human Resource Management , 2006, 45 (1), 23-42

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1657

Increasing Returns to Education and the Skills Under-Investment Trap

Alison L. Booth, Melvyn Coles

published as 'A Microfoundation for Increasing Returns in Human Capital Accumulation and the Under-Participation Trap' in: European Economic Review, 2007, 51 (7), 1661-1681

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1652

Cross-National Surveys of Learning Achievement: How Robust are the Findings?

Giorgina Brown, John Micklewright, Sylke V. Schnepf, Robert Waldmann

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2007, 170 (3), 623-646

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1617

Parental Leave – A Policy Evaluation of the Swedish "Daddy-Month" Reform

John Ekberg, Rickard Eriksson, Guido Friebel

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 97, 131-143

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1613

Does Parental Leave Affect Fertility and Return-to-Work? Evidence from a "True Natural Experiment"

Rafael Lalive, Josef Zweimüller

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1584