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Child Care Subsidies, Wages, and Employment of Single Mothers
Tekin, Erdal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of employment and child care payment decisions of single mothers in the … estimate a model that examines the effects of the price of child care and the wage rate on employment decision as well as the … decision to use paid child care among single mothers. The model distinguishes between the full-time and part-time employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233902
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The Employment of Mothers: Recent Developments and their Determinants in East and West Germany
Hanel, Barbara; Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers … substantial differences in the employment behavior of East and West German mothers. German family policy sets incentives … particularly for low income mothers not to return to the labor market after birth. East German mothers' employment outcomes matches …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283583
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Nonprofit Sector and Part-Time Work:An Analysis of Employer-Employee Matched Data of Child Care Workers
Mocan, H. Naci; Tekin, Erdal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
This paper uses a rich employer-employee matched data set to investigate the existence and the extent of nonprofit and part-time wage and compensation differentials in child care. The empirical strategy adjusts for workers’ self-selection into the for-profit or nonprofit sectors, into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566562
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Immigrant Wage and Employment Assimilation: A Comparison of Methods
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Hanel, Barbara; McVicar, Duncan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We compare alternative methods for estimating immigrant wage and employment assimilation using unique panel data over …-effects model generates estimated employment assimilation profiles that are flatter and significantly different to those produced by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010598557
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Das Wachstum der Zukunft ist weiblich
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Um den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt demografiefest zu machen, bedarf es einer stärkeren Aktivierung des Potenzials weiblicher Erwerbspersonen bei gleichzeitiger Steigerung der Geburtenrate. Der vorliegende Beitrag zeigt Handlungsoptionen zur Lösung dieser beiden zentralen Zukunftsaufgaben auf und...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653978
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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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009226001
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The Impact of Non-Parental Child Care on Child Development: Evidence from the Summer Participation "Dip"
Herbst, Chris M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Although a large literature examines the effect of non-parental child care on preschool-aged children's cognitive development, few studies deal convincingly with the potential endogeneity of child care choices. Using a panel of infants and toddlers from the Birth cohort of the Early Childhood...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990922
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If You're Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands: How Do Mothers and Fathers Really Feel about Child Caregiving?
Connelly, Rachel; Kimmel, Jean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper considers the question posed by popular media, do women like doing child care more than men? Using experienced emotions data paired with 24 hour time diaries from the 2010 American Time Use Survey, the paper explores gender differences in how men and women who have done some child...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884219
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Equalization of Opportunity: Definitions, Implementable Conditions and Application to Early-Childhood Policy Evaluation
Andreoli, Francesco; Havnes, Tarjei; Lefranc, Arnaud - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper develops a criterion to assess equalization of opportunity that is consistent with theoretical views of equality of opportunity. We characterize inequality of opportunity as a situation where some groups in society enjoy an illegitimate advantage. In this context, equalization of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959715
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Does Early Child Care Help or Hurt Children's Development?
Felfe, Christina; Lalive, Rafael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
More children than ever attend center-based care early in life. We study whether children who attend center-based care before age 3 have better or worse language and motor skills, socio-emotional maturity, and school readiness just before entering primary school. In data covering about 36,000...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959764