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Title: The Effect of Maternal Employment and Child Care on Children's Cognitive Development.
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1. Bernal, Raquel
The Effect of Maternal Employment and Child Care on Children's Cognitive Development.
International Economic Review 49,4 (November 2008): 1173-1209.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2354.2008.00510.x/abstract
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Inc. => Wiley Online
Keyword(s): Child Care; Child Development; Endogeneity; Leave, Family or Maternity/Paternity; Maternal Employment; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT)

This article develops and estimates a dynamic model of employment and child care decisions of women after childbirth to evaluate the effects of these choices on children's cognitive ability. We use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to estimate it. Results indicate that the effects of maternal employment and child care on children's ability are negative and sizable. Having a mother that works full-time and uses child care during one year is associated with a reduction in ability test scores of approximately 1.8% (0.13 standard deviations). We assess the impact of policies related to parental leave and child care on children's outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Bernal, Raquel. "The Effect of Maternal Employment and Child Care on Children's Cognitive Development." International Economic Review 49,4 (November 2008): 1173-1209.