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An up-to-date joint labor supply and child care choice model
(Discussion Papers;No. 885, Working paper, 2018-10-12)Norwegian parents of preschool children base their care choices on a completely different choice set from their predecessor. Now there is essentially only one type of nonparental care – center-based care – and on the ... -
Child care center staff composition and early child development
(Discussion Papers;No. 870, Working paper, 2017-12-13)We estimate effects of child care center staff composition on early child development. During the years our data covers, child care centers in Oslo were oversubscribed, and child care slots were allocated through a ... -
Child care, parental labor supply and tax revenue
(Discussion Papers;No. 881, Working paper, 2018-08-13)For identification, we exploit the staggered expansion across municipalities following a large reform from 2002. Our IV-estimates indicate that child care use causes an increase in the labor supply of mothers. Results ... -
Children as family commuters. The geographical distance between nonresident parents and children in Norway
(Discussion Papers;No. 841, Working paper, 2016-06-07)As union dissolution rates increase in most modern societies, a growing number of children are living in post-separation families. The geographical distance between parental households shapes the possibilities for contact ... -
Divorced Fathers’ Proximity and Children’s Long Run Outcomes : evidence from Norwegian Registry Data
(Discussion Papers;No 589, Working paper, 2009)This study examines the link between divorced nonresident fathers’ proximity and children’s long-run outcomes using high-quality data from Norwegian population registers. We follow (from birth to young adulthood) 15,992 ... -
The effect of preschool on the school performance of children from immigrant families : results from an introduction of free preschool in two districts in Oslo
(Discussion Papers;631, Working paper, 2010)Two districts of Oslo started to offer five-year-old children free preschool four hours a day. We analyze the effect of this intervention on the school performance of the children from immigrant families 10 years later ... -
How linear models can mask non-linear causal relationships : an application to family size and children's education
(Discussion Papers;586, Working paper, 2009)Many empirical studies specify outcomes as a linear function of endogenous regressors when conducting instrumental variable (IV) estimation. We show that commonly used tests for treatment effects, selection bias, and ... -
Linking neighbors’ fertility. Third births in Norwegian neighborhoods
(Discussion Paper;No. 898, Working paper, 2019-03-12)The aim of this paper is to gain more insight on the drivers behind geographical variations in family sizes by pointing out the role of neighborhoods and neighbors for two-child couples’ transitions to third births. Couples’ ... -
No child left behind : universal child care and children's long-run outcomes
(Discussion Papers;582, Working paper, 2009)There is a heated debate in the US and Canada, as well as in many European countries, about a move towards subsidized, universally accessible child care. At the same time, studies on universal child care and child development ... -
Universal child care and inequality of opportunity Descriptive findings from Norway
(Rapporter;No. 880, Working paper, 2018-07-25)Encouraging effects from random assignments of intensive and high-quality early child care to disadvantaged children have spurred hopes that publicly funded universal child care can improve human development and social ... -
Untraditional caring arrangments among parents living apart : the case of Norway
(Discussion Papers;No. 660, Working paper, 2011)Abstract: In spite of more symmetric parental roles in couples, shared residence is still practiced by a minority of parents following partnership dissolution in Norway, and the same is true for father sole custody. Utilising ... -
Why educated mothers don't make educated children? : a statistical study in the intergenerational transmission of schooling
(Discussion Papers;No. 563, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: More educated parents are observed to have better educated children. From a policy point of view, however, it is important to distinguish between causation and selection. Researchers trying to control for ...