Ondrich, Jan; Spieß, Katharina C.; Yang, Qing - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2002
In 1986 German federal parental leave and benefit policy was expanded in several ways, extending the potential duration of leave from six to ten months and paying child-rearing benefits to all new mothers regardless of their employment status before childbirth. The potential duration has...