employment of their parents. We analyse several kinds of trade-offs involved using a careful selection of potential changes to … consequences of family support policy and stress the need for well-defined policy goals and careful analysis ahead of any reform. …

group and are unconditional on the parents' income or employment status, yet affect mothers' incentives for labor supply and …

gender awareness and "pro-women" policies, this paper identifies the determinants of cross-national variation in women … density and employment protection. The first level of comparison between men and women concentrates on gender representation … in high-status occupations and low-wage employment in order to allow for a more nuanced study of gender and class …

In this paper, we address the question whether family support via the income tax system is more generous in France than …, however not due to the French Family splitting but rather to the different definitions of taxable incomes in both countries …

Remittances from Germany are substantial. Cross-border transfers to family and friendship networks outside Germany are … and gender-specific determinants of remittances from the senders' perspective, based on data from the German Socio … part of gender differences in remittance behavior. Second, employing gender interaction terms for the social network …

looking at the impact of self-reported personality traits on gender differences in career chances. We compare managers and …-Economic Panel (SOEP) in 2005 show that there are significant gender differences in personality traits, multivariate estimations … clearly indicate that these differences cannot account for gender differences in career opportunities. Nevertheless …

financial risks. The empirical evidence we provide only weakly supports the gender differences argument. We find that women are …

This study appraises the role of gender in the behavior of individuals who make risky investments. The analysis bases … studies, I find no evidence for gender differences. Males and females exhibit similar levels of risk propensity and their …