The aggregate fiscal burden of all family-supporting fiscal programs in Germany amounts to 321.1 bill. DM in 2000 and to 328.1 bill. DM in 2001. These amounts increase to 345.0 bill. DM (353.4 bill. DM) if payments for educational support and expenditures to universities for educational purposes...

We examine the second-best family policy under the assumption that both the number and the future earning capacities of the children born to a couple are random variables with probability distributions conditional on unobservable parental actions. Potential parents take their decisions without...

Der Beitrag evaluiert die Wirkungen eines Betreuungsgeldes in Deutschland bei gleichzeitigem Ausbau der öffentlich geförderten Tagesbetreuung für Kinder im Alter von 13 bis 36 Monaten. Wir schätzen mit SOEP-Daten und unter Berücksichtigung partiell beobachtbarer Rationierungen im...