From 1992 to 2005, part-time employment in Western Germany has grown by 82 percent, whereas full-time employment has …: Characteristics inherent in full-time or part-time employment dominantly explain changes in employment patterns in Western Germany …

In this paper, I examine how family related employment interruptions for women in the FRG (Federal Republic of Germany … in East and West Germany are found to exist with respect to family related employment interruptions. These interruptions …

mothers in reunified Germany, 1992-2009. During this time, East and West Germany share similar family policies, yet, the … mothers have lived in western Germany prior to the birth of their first child, the more similar they behave to West German …-based similarities among mothers who grew up in the eastern part of Germany. These similarities between the mobile and immobile eastern …

, on fertility decisions and labour supply of native females in Germany. Specifcally, we consider individual data of native … in Deutschland untersuchen. Dazu wurden Individualdaten des Sozio-Ökonomischen Panels (SOEP) mit weiteren Daten bezüglich …

Germany during the period 1999 – 2006. I use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and implement two alternative …

it all,” but women must still choose between career and family in Germany. We argue that interventions need to address …

Despite the increasing incidence of part-time employment in Germany, the effects on wage rates are studied rarely. I … measure the socalled part-time wage gap of both, men and women in East and West Germany. A very robust finding is that part …-constant unobserved individual characteristics yields a wage cut of about 10 percent in East and West Germany. Furthermore, the type of …

same time depending on whether women are regarded in first line as mothers or workers. In Germany, the male breadwinner …