Abstract This study investigates the extent to which paid maternity leave affects educational attainment and adult height in 29 developing countries between 1990 2019. The identification hinges upon variation achievement health outcomes of individuals residing same place but exposed different lengths at birth due policy reforms. analysis uncovers long-lasting favorable effects as an additional ...

We explore the effects of parental leave entitlements for mothers and fathers on wages employment. consider male female workers who compete same jobs in a labour search matching model with endogenous job take-up rates. identify key theoretical calibrate to simulate policy changes France, Italy, Norway Portugal. Reducing gap reduces gender wage gaps increases employment rate these countries. Lea...

This paper examines the effects of maternity leave coverage on women’s employment and career trajectories in Great Britain using data from the British Household Panel Survey. Using a difference-in-differences identification strategy and two changes to the national maternity leave policy, I distinguish between the effects of expanding access to wage replacement benefits and the additional effect...

Experimental studies of common pool resource (CPR) dilemmas are frequently terminated with collapse of the resource; however, there is considerable evidence in real-world settings that challenge this finding. To reconcile this difference, we propose a two-stage model that links appropriation of the CPR and provision of public goods in an attempt to explain the emergence of cooperation in the ma...

We consider an infinite-horizon single-product pricing problem in which a fraction of customers is patient and the remaining fraction is impatient. A patient customer will wait up to some fixed number of time periods for the price of the product to fall below his or her valuation at which point the customer will make a purchase. If the price does not fall below a patient customer's valuation at...