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Women's Fertility and Employment Decisions under Two Political Systems - Comparing East and West Germany before Reunification
Bredtmann, Julia; Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra - 2009
Over the last decades fertility rates have decreased in most developed countries, while female labour force … participation has increased strongly over the same time period. To shed light on the relationship between women's fertility and … drawing conclusions about the relevance of institutional factors for fertility and employment decisions. Our results suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265813
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Women's fertility and employment decisions under two political systems : comparing East and West Germany before reunification
Bredtmann, Julia; Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra - 2009
Over the last decades fertility rates have decreased in most developed countries, while female labour force … participation has increased strongly over the same time period. To shed light on the relationship between women's fertility and … drawing conclusions about the relevance of institutional factors for fertility and employment decisions. Our results suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003901024
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The Effect of Age at School Entry on Educational Attainment in Germany
Fertig, Michael; Kluve, Jochen - 2005
Determining the optimal age at which a child should enter school is a controversial topic in education policy. In particular, German policy makers, pedagogues, parents, and teachers have since long discussed whether the traditional, established age of school entry at 6 years remains appropriate....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261032
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The Effect of Age at School Entry on Educational Attainment in Germany
Fertig, Michael; Kluve, Jochen - 2005
Determining the optimal age at which a child should enter school is a controversial topic in education policy. In particular, German policy makers, pedagogues, parents, and teachers have since long discussed whether the traditional, established age of school entry at 6 years remains appropriate....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262220
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Now Daddy's Changing Diapers and Mommy's Making Her Career - Evaluating a Generous Parental Leave Regulation Using a Natural Experiment
Kluve, Jochen; Tamm, Marcus - 2009
Over the last decades many OECD countries introduced parental leave regulations in order to counteract low and decreasing birth rates. In general, these regulations aim at making parenthood more attractive and more compatible with a working career, especially for women. The recent German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265800
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Now daddy's changing diapers and mommy's making her career: evaluating a generous parental leave regulation using a natural experiment
Kluve, Jochen; Tamm, Marcus - 2009
Over the last decades many OECD countries introduced parental leave regulations in order to counteract low and decreasing birth rates. In general, these regulations aim at making parenthood more attractive and more compatible with a working career, especially for women. The recent German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269490
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Social Norms and Mothers' Labor Market Attachment: The Medium-Run Effects of Parental Benefits
Kluve, Jochen; Schmitz, Sebastian - 2014
Increasing mothers' labor supply is a key policy challenge in many OECD countries. Germany recently introduced a generous parental benefit that allows for strong consumption smoothing after childbirth and, by taking into account opportunity costs of childbearing, incentivizes working women to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352252
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Social Norms and Mothers' Labor Market Attachment – The Medium-run Effects of Parental Benefits
Kluve, Jochen; Schmitz, Sebastian - 2014
Increasing mothers' labor supply is a key policy challenge in many OECD countries. Germany recently introduced a generous parental benefit that allows for strong consumption smoothing after childbirth and, by taking into account opportunity costs of childbearing, incentivizes working women to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010368130
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Now daddy's changing diapers and mommy's making her career : evaluating a generous parental leave regulation using a natural experiment
Kluve, Jochen; Tamm, Marcus - 2009
Over the last decades many OECD countries introduced parental leave regulations in order to counteract low and decreasing birth rates. In general, these regulations aim at making parenthood more attractive and more compatible with a working career, especially for women. The recent German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900975
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Now daddy's changing diapers and mommy's making her career : evaluating a generous parental leave regulation using a natural experiment
Kluve, Jochen; Tamm, Marcus - 2009
Over the last decades many OECD countries introduced parental leave regulations in order to counteract low and decreasing birth rates. In general, these regulations aim at making parenthood more attractive and more compatible with a working career, especially for women. The recent German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003904910