Hanel, Barbara; Riphahn, Regina T. - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 232 (2012) 2, pp. 146-176
Summary We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers … substantial differences in the employment behavior of East and West German mothers. German family policy sets incentives … particularly for low income mothers not to return to the labor market after birth. East German mothers’ employment outcomes matches …