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Fixed-Term Employment and Fertility: Evidence from German Micro Data

Auer, Wolfgang; Danzer, Natalia - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014

We study the short- to medium-run effects of starting a career on a fixed-term contract on subsequent fertility … well as fertility behaviour. Our main results are: Women (i) tend to postpone their first birth due to fixed …

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Taxing Childcare: Effects on Family Labor Supply and Children

Gathmann, Christina; Sass, Björn - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012

Previous studies report a wide range of estimates for how female labor supply responds to childcare prices. We shed new light on this question using a reform that raised the prices of public daycare. Parents respond by reducing public daycare and increasing childcare at home. Parents also reduce...

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Duration of Maternity Leave in Germany: A Case Study of Nonparametric Hazard Models and Penalized Splines

Kuhlenkasper, Torben; Kauermann, Göran - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009

The paper investigates maternity leave behavior in West Germany for females being employed between 1995 and 2006 using data from the German Socio Economic Panel. The observational study focuses on the investigation of individual and family-related covariate effects on the duration of maternity...

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What Makes Single Mothers Expand or Reduce Employment?

Hancioglu, Mine; Hartmann, Bastian - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012

To explore single mothers' labor market participation we analyze specific circumstances and dynamics in their life courses. We focus on the question which individual and institutional factors determine both professional advancement and professional descent. Due to dynamics in women's life course...

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Causal Effects on Employment after First Birth: A Dynamic Treatment Approach

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Sommerfeld, Katrin; Steffes, Susanne - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013

The effects of childbirth on future labor market outcomes are a key issue for policy discussion. This paper implements a dynamic treatment approach to estimate the effect of having the first child now versus later on future employment for the case of Germany, a country with a long maternity...

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Television Role Models and Fertility: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Bönisch, Peter; Hyll, Walter - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2015

In this paper we study the effect of television exposure on fertility. We exploit a natural experiment that took place … in lower fertility. This conclusion is robust to alternative model specifications and data sets. Our results imply that … individual fertility decisions are affected by role models or information about other ways of life promoted by media. …

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Female Labor Supply and Parental Leave Benefits: The Causal Effect of Paying Higher Transfers for a Shorter Period of Time

Bergemann, Annette; Riphahn, Regina T. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009

We study the labor supply effects of a change in child-subsidy policy designed to both increase fertility and shorten …

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The Introduction of a Short-Term Earnings-Related Parental Leave Benefit System and Differential Employment Effects

Bergemann, Annette; Riphahn, Regina T. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010

German family policy underwent a reform in 2007, when the new instrument of "Elterngeld" replaced the previous "Erziehungsgeld". The transfer programs differ in various dimensions. We study the effects on the labor supply of young mothers, by comparing behavior before and after the reform. We...

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Economic Uncertainty, Parental Selection, and the Criminal Activity of the "Children of the Wall"

Chevalier, Arnaud; Marie, Olivier - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013

Wall, East Germany experienced an unprecedented temporary drop in fertility driven by economic uncertainty. We exploit this … that emotional attachment and risk attitudes play important roles in the fertility-crime relationship. Finally, results for …

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Time Is Money: The Influence of Parenthood Timing on Wages

Kind, Michael; Kleibrink, Jan - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012

and fertility timing. We find that delaying parenthood by one additional year during the career implies a wage premium of …

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