This paper analyzes the short-and medium-term effects of longer school days in primary
education on student learning and on mothers' labor supply. To tackle selection into the full …

This paper analyses the impact of an immigration-induced expansion of household services
on parenthood costs. In a unique quasi-experimental setting, I exploit the sudden supply …

This paper estimates the effects of extending the school day during elementary school on
students' educational outcomes later in life. The analysis takes place in the context of a large …

A substantial fraction of k-12 schools and childcare facilities in the United States closed their
in-person operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. These closures may have altered the …

Better employment quality can improve personal well-being, social cohesion, and inclusive
growth and development. Yet good quality jobs–associated with greater well-being–are less …

The paper investigates the impact of extending school schedules on the quality of mothers'
employment. While the effect of childcare provision on women's participation in the labour …

Policies that extend the school day in elementary school provide an implicit childcare
subsidy for families. As such, they can affect parents' time allocation and family dynamics …

I use data from 53 large US school districts across the most recent four pre-Covid academic
years, matched to individual Current Population Survey panel data on labor supply, to …

The paper 'Longer School Schedules, Childcare, and the Quality of Mothers' Employment'by
Berthelon, Kruger, Lauer, Tiberti and Zamora is motivated by the persistent gender …

We estimate the effect of state-level policies enacting universal free full-day kindergarten on
mothers' labor supply using a life-cycle analysis. Similar to previous research on childcare …