Mothers’ labor market choices and child development outcomes in Chile

This paper examines associations between labor market participation of Chilean mothers and the cognitive, language, and socio-economic development of their children. Using a nationally-representative sample of 3-year-old children, we test if mothers’ work intensity in the two previous years is assoc...

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Main Authors: Sarah A. Reynolds, Lia C.H. Fernald, Jere R. Behrman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:SSM: Population Health
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827316301859