Increasing the length of parents' birth-related leave: The effect on children's long-term educational outcomes☆

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Maternity leave and children’s cognitive and behavioral development (2014, unknown): “…countries, indicates that reforms that increased mother’s time at home at child ages ranging from 2 months through 15 months had little average impact on measures of later school performance or wages (i.e., Dustmann and Schonberg 2012; Rasmussen 2010; Liu and Skans 2010; and Danzer and Lavy 2013).”
Expansions in Maternity Leave Coverage and Children's Long-Term Outcomes (2012, background): “The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and breastfeeding complemented with other foods up to the age of 2. Breastfeeding has been associated with protection against, for instance, diarrhea, asthma, sudden death syndrome, and leukemia, as well as with the enhanc”
Maternity and Family Leave Policy (2017, unknown): “In Denmark, a reform that extended paid leave from 14 to 20 weeks in 1984 led to no effects on children’s educational attainment (Rasmussen, 2010).”
Can’t buy mommy’s love? Universal childcare and children’s long-term cognitive development (2014, background): “Questions entering the scientific scores are not comparable before and after 2006 and thus are not included in our analysis (OECD 2006).”
What is the Case for Paid Maternity Leave? (2013, unknown): “Rasmussen, A. W. (2010): Increasing the Length of Parents' Birth-Related Leave: The E ect on Children's Long-Term Educational Outcomes, Labour Economics, 17, 91 100.”