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Intergenerational talent transmission, inequality, and social mobility
Napel, Stefan; Schneider, Andrea - 2006
The paper investigates the effects of intra-family talent transmission when human capital exhibits indivisibilities and parental financing of education involves borrowing constraints. Positive talent correlation reduces social mobility but steady state inequality and macroeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003411637
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Asymmetries and interdependencies in time use between Italian parents
Mancini, Anna Laura; Pasqua, Silvia - 2011
In recent decades, changes in parents' attitudes towards the importance of spending time with children to optimise their future behaviour and cognitive development have greatly affected patterns of time allocation among both working and non-working parents in all developed countries. We compare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008902036
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Die Bedeutung der Familien und der Familienpolitik für die Entwicklung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft
Lampert, Heinz - 2002
Die Familienpolitik wird weithin als ein Teilbereich der Sozialpolitik verstanden, in dem es darum geht, die Familie … entsprechend der Rechtsprechung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts dagegen wird die Notwendigkeit einer Familienpolitik aus den … und der Familienpolitik vor dem Hintergrund der Schrumpfung und Alterung der Bevölkerung, der Ziele wirtschaftliches …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291697
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Vereinbarkeit von Erwerbsarbeit und Familienarbeit als aktuelle und zentrale Zielsetzung der Familienpolitik
Lampert, Heinz - 2001
Seit Jahrzehnten ist in Deutschland eine starke Zunahme der Erwerbstätigkeit von Frauen und speziell auch von verheirateten Frauen und von Müttern feststellbar. Gleichzeitig ist die Zahl der Geburten sehr stark zurückgegangen. Der Verfasser arbeitet die Gründe für die gestiegene...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291705
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Welfare reform in the UK: 1997 - 2007
Brewer, Mike - 2007
This paper presents a tour of welfare reform in the UK since the last change of government, summarising the most important changes in active labour market policies, and in measures intended to strengthen financial incentives to work. It argues that developments in the UK’s active labour market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293059
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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 much higher among Austrian mothers. In order to find out to what extent these differences can be attributed to differences in the tax transfer-system, we perform a comparative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293998
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Clash of career and family: Fertility decisions after job displacement
Del Bono, Emilia; Weber, Andrea; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2008
In this paper we investigate how fertility decisions respond to unexpected career interruptions which occur as a consequence of job displacement. Using an event study approach we compare the birth rates of displaced women with those of women unaffected by job loss after establishing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294029
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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 much higher among Austrian mothers. In order to find out to what extent these differences can be attributed to differences in the tax transfer system, we perform a comparative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294601
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Clash of Career and Family: Fertility Decisions after Job Displacement
Bono, Emilia Del; Weber, Andrea; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2008
In this paper we investigate how fertility decisions respond to unex- pected career interruptions which occur as a consequence of job displace- ment. Using an event study approach we compare the birth rates of dis- placed women with those of women una®ected by job loss after establish- ing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294850