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Parental Leave, (In)formal Childcare, and Long-Term Child Outcomes

View ORCID ProfileNatalia Danzer, View ORCID ProfileMartin Halla, View ORCID ProfileNicole Schneeweis and View ORCID ProfileMartina Zweimüller
Journal of Human Resources, November 2022, 57 (6) 1826-1884; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.2.0619-10257R1
Natalia Danzer
Natalia Danzer is Professor for Empirical Economics and Gender at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, a Research Professor at the ifo Institute, Munich, Germany, a Research Fellow at the IZA, and a Research Affiliate of CESifo ().
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Martin Halla is Full Professor of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, a Research Fellow at IZA, a Research Affiliate at the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Aging, Health and the Labor Market, Austria, and a Permanent Scientific Consultant at the Austrian Public Health Institute in Vienna.
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Nicole Schneeweis
Nicole Schneeweis is Associate Professor at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, a Research Affiliate at the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Aging, Health and the Labor Market, Austria, a Research Fellow at the IZA, and a Research Affiliate at the CEPR.
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Martina Zweimüller is Assistant Professor at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, and a Research Affiliate at the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Aging, Health and the Labor Market, Austria.
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