, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's sixteen federal states. We exploit this variation in …-in-differences estimates show thatthe introduction of smoke-free legislation in Germany did not change average smoking behavior within the …

years in Germany. We use representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), combined with five air pollution …

newly introduced statutory minimum wage of 8.50 Euro per working hour in Germany on the gender wage gap. In our first …

Deutschland (FiD)" was initiated. FiD is one of the "related studies" of the SOEP, i.e. a data collection effort closely related …

traits using a school reform carried out at the state level in Germany as a quasi-natural experiment. Starting in 2001 …, academic-track high school (Gymnasium) was reduced from nine to eight years in most of Germany's federal states, leaving the … point to important heterogeneous effects. In addition to differences between East and West Germany, we find that male …

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 …

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 …

Germany's occupational and sectoral change towards a knowledge-based economy calls for high returns to education …