Tímea Laura Molnár's dissertation "Essays in Applied Microeconomics" was submitted to HCEO's Early Childhood Interventions network. Molnár's paper focuses on child development, in particular examining how parents choose the amount of quality time spent with their children. She also measures the causal impact academic redshirting, which is the practice of postponing school entry of an age-eligible, but potentially not school-ready, child.