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Division of paid and care work between parents : reality often differs greatly from the ideals
Gambaro, Ludovica; Gehlen, Annica; Spieß, C. Katharina; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 14 (2024) 29/30/31, pp. 201-207
On average, mothers and fathers in Germany divide paid work and care work very unequally. Mothers often only work part …, childcare infrastructure is insufficient and a very high gender pay gap persists in Germany. If policymakers want to dismantle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015053912
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Pollution exposure and infant health : evidence from Germany
Coneus, Katja; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2010
years in Germany. We use representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), combined with five air pollution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826482
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Spite and cognitive skills in preschoolers
Bügelmayer, Elisabeth; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2011
Although spiteful preferences play a crucial role in the development of human large-scale cooperation, there is little evidence on spiteful behavior and its determinants in children. We investigate the relationship between children's cognitive skills and spiteful behavior in a sample of 214...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009357265
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Familien in Deutschland : FiD; enhancing research on families in Germany
Schröder, Mathis; Siegers, Rainer; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2013
Deutschland (FiD)" was initiated. FiD is one of the "related studies" of the SOEP, i.e. a data collection effort closely related …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009747805
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Parental leave benefits and breastfeeding in Germany : effects of the 2007 reform
Kottwitz, Anita; Oppermann, Anja; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2014
this conflict. In 2007, Germany put into effect a new parental leave benefit (Elterngeld). The related reform increased the … duration in Germany. We draw on representative survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) from 2002 through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010374176
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Local day-care quality and maternal employment : evidence from East and West Germany
Schober, Pia S.; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2014
provided differentiated analyses by the youngest child's age and for West and East Germany to examine moderating influences of … Germany'-Study for 2010 and 2011 (N=3,301 mothers) with regional structural quality data. We used regression models of … employment status and work hours changes, respectively. In East Germany, mothers with a child aged under three years who lived in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010347775
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The bigger the children, the bigger the worries : are preschoolers and adolescents affected differently by family instability with regard to non-cognitive skills?
Peter, Frauke; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2011 - This version: 13 March 2011
Substantial research on the relationship between family structures and child outcomes represents a considerable part of the literature. However, family structure provides a rather static view of the relationship of children's living arrangements and their well-being, revealing hardly anything...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008936412
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Child health during the first coronavirus lockdown in Germany : fewer treatment cases and fewer diagnoses of infections
Barschkett, Mara; Spieß, C. Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 11 (2021) 13/16, pp. 113-121
During the first coronavirus lockdown in Germany in spring 2020, treatment cases of children in outpatient care … in Germany shows, there were significantly fewer physical diseases, such as infections, diagnosed in one to 12-year …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012513125
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Childcare workers experience many stressors and little recognition
Gambaro, Ludovica; Spieß, C. Katharina; Westermaier, Franz - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 11 (2021) 34, pp. 249-258
Childcare workers are essential for both families and society at large, and their working conditions and pay are often a topic of discussion. Using new data spanning until the end of 2019 from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) as well as a special SOEP additional survey in day care centers, this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012624769
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Mothers in Eastern and Western Germany : employment rates and attitudes are converging, full-time employment is not
Barth, Denise; Jessen, Jonas; Spieß, C. Katharina; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 10 (2020) 38, pp. 403-410
by a growing approval of maternal employment, especially in western Germany. However, differences in actual working hours …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012291959