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Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf: Wie konsistent sind die Reformen?

Eichhorst, Werner; Thode, Eric - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Erwerbstätigkeit und Familiengründung zu einer echten Entweder-oder-Entscheidung. In Deutschland und vielen anderen OECD-Ländern wurden … Jahre kohärent ausgestaltet waren und die Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf verbessert haben. Beim Blick auf Deutschland … Kinderbetreuung voraus. Bei Transferbeziehern wird eine stärkere Aktivierung angestrebt, aber problematische Anreizstrukturen stehen …

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Schulergänzende Betreuung für Kinder: Status Quo und Beschäftigungswirkung

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Tobsch, Verena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Die vorliegende Studie zeigt, dass eine ausgebaute Mittags- und Nachmittagsbetreuung mit höherer Erwerbstätigkeit und längeren Arbeitszeiten der Mütter einhergeht. Die ganztägige Betreuung von Schulkindern ist damit ein wichtiger Baustein für die Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf....

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Union Density and Varieties of Coverage : The Anatomy of Union Wage Effects in Germany

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kohn, Karsten; Lembcke, Alexander C. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining …

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Youth Unemployment in Europe: What to Do about It?

Eichhorst, Werner; Hinte, Holger; Rinne, Ulf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Youth unemployment has become a severe economic and societal problem in many European countries. This paper gives an overview of the current situation and assesses different policy options. It emphasizes the role of stronger intra-EU mobility of young workers, policies to make vocational...

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Jugendarbeitslosigkeit in Europa: Status Quo und (keine?) Perspektiven

Eichhorst, Werner; Hinte, Holger; Rinne, Ulf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Die eklatant hohe Jugendarbeitslosigkeit in vielen europäischen Ländern stellt eine enorme ökonomische wie auch gesellschaftliche Herausforderung dar. Dieser Artikel gibt einen Überblick über die derzeitige Situation in Europa und analysiert die verschiedenen Politikoptionen. Als zentrale...

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How to Combine the Entry of Young People in the Labour Market with the Retention of Older Workers?

Eichhorst, Werner; Boeri, Tito; De Coen, An; Galasso, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper provides an overview of the employment situation of young and old workers in the EU Member States, setting out the most recent development during the crisis and dealing with policies implemented to promote the employment of both groups. The evidence collected shows that there is no...

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Measuring Ethnic Identity and Its Impact onEconomic Behavior

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

The paper advocates for a new measure of the ethnic identity of migrants, models itsdeterminants and explores its explanatory power for various types of their economicperformance...

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Ethnic Self-Identification of First-Generation Immigrants

Zimmermann, Laura; Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Constant, Amelie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

This paper uses the concept of ethnic self-identification of immigrants in a two-dimensional framework. It acknowledges the fact that attachments to the home and the host country are not necessarily mutually exclusive. There are three possible paths of adjustment from separation at entry, namely...

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The Gender Gap Reloaded: Is School Quality Linked to Labor Market Performance?

Konstantopoulos, Spyros; Constant, Amelie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This study examines the gender gap in wages of young adults in the late 1970s, mid 1980s, and 2000, in the middle and the tails of the wage distribution using quantile regression. We also examine the importance of school quality indicators in predicting future labor market performance. We...

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Human Capital and Ethnic Self-Identification of Migrants

Zimmermann, Laura; Gataullina, Liliya; Constant, Amelie; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

The paper investigates the role of human capital for migrants' ethnic ties towards their home and host countries. Pre-migration characteristics dominate ethnic self-identification. Human capital acquired in the host country does not affect the attachment to the receiving country.

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