Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5059192 Economics Letters 2014 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
Previous studies have found adverse effects of maternal employment on child obesity for higher educated mothers. Using a quasi-structural model, we find additionally a lower risk of obesity for children of less educated mothers with increased time in non-parental childcare.
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Differences by mother's education in the effect of childcare on child obesity
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