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Why are mothers working longer hours in Austria than in Germany? A comparative micro simulation analysis
Dearing, Helene; Hofer, Helmut; Lietz, Christine; … - 2007
Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are …, differences in mothers' employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293998
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Why are mothers working longer hours in Austria than in Germany? A comparative micro simulation analysis
Dearing, Helene; Hofer, Helmut; Lietz, Christine; … - 2007
Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are …, differences in mothers' employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294601
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Labor supply and child care choices in a rationed child care market
Wrohlich, Katharina - 2006
Germany, where subsidized child care is rationed and private child care is only available at considerably higher cost. I use a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267594
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Why Are Mothers Working Longer Hours in Austria than in Germany? A Comparative Micro Simulation Analysis
Dearing, Helene; Hofer, Helmut; Lietz, Christine; … - 2007
Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are …, differences in mothers? employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260923
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Labor Supply and Child Care Choices in a Rationed Child Care Market
Wrohlich, Katharina - 2006
Germany, where subsidized child care is rationed and private child care is only available at considerably higher cost. I use a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260944
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Preferences for childcare policies: theory and evidence
Borck, Rainald; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2008
We analyse preferences for public, private or mixed provision of childcare theoretically and empirically. We model childcare as a publicly provided private good. Richer households should prefer private provision to either pure public or mixed provision. If public provision redistributes from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265034
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Preferences for childcare policies: theory and evidence
Borck, Rainald; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2008
We analyse preferences for public, private or mixed provision of childcare theoretically and empirically. We model childcare as a publicly provided private good. Richer households should prefer private provision to either pure public or mixed provision. If public provision redistributes from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268765
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Income Taxation and Household Size: Would French Family Splitting Make German Families Better off?
Baclet, Alexandre; Dell, Fabien; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2005
in Germany, as it is often claimed in the public debate. We use two micro-data sets and a micro-simulation model to … compare effective average tax rates for different household types in France and Germany. Our analysis shows that the popular …. Actually, low income families with less than three children even fare better in terms of tax relief in Germany than in France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324234
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Financial sector: Banks fall behind and now have a lower proportion of women on executive and advisory boards than insurance companies
Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 7 (2017) 1/2, pp. 16-28
Women are still in the clear minority among the financial sector's top decision-making bodies. According to DIW Berlin's Women Executives Barometer, at the end of 2016, 21 percent of the supervisory and administrative board members of the 100 largest banks were female. The number has stagnated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594588
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Top decision-making bodies in large companies: Gender quota shows initial impact on supervisory boards executive board remains a male bastion
Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 7 (2017) 1/2, pp. 3-15
highest performing companies in Germany (eight percent). In companies with government-owned shares, the momentum has decreased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594589