We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers …. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences … differences in the employment behavior of East and West German mothers. German family policy sets incentives particularly for low …

concerned with how mothers’ mental and physical health is affected by whether they place their child in formal day care or not … indicate that mothers are in a worse physical condition if their children attend formal care, whereas no such effect is found … with regard to mothers’ mental health. Overall, there is evidence that mothers placing their children in formal day care …

mothers than for single mothers. We show that this increases the number of single mothers and the divorce rate. Using survey …

the home. Child care costs are found to have little impact on the labor market participation decision of mothers. The … mothers’ labor supply is weak. Suppressing the APE (Parental Allowance for the Education) would cause the female participation … rate in our sample to rise by 4 points and the proportion of mothers using paid care to rise by 2 points. The responses of …