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Universal Childcare for the Youngest and the Maternal Labour Supply

Kunze, Astrid - 2019

In this paper, we investigate whether the expansion of childcare leads to an increase in the female labour supply. We measure female labour supply at both the extensive and intensive margin. For identification, we exploit a nationwide reform that expanded childcare for 1–2- year-olds in...

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Parental Well-Being in Times of COVID-19 in Germany

Huebener, Mathias - 2020

We examine the differential effects of COVID-19 and related restrictions on individuals with dependent children in Germany. We specifically focus on the role of school and day care center closures, which may be regarded as a “disruptive exogenous shock” to family life. We make use of a novel...

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Early Childcare Duration and Students' Later Outcomes in Europe

Boca, Daniela Del; Monfardini, Chiara; See, Sarah Grace - 2022

The importance of investment in early childhood education (ECE) has been widely documented in the literature. Among the …

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Early Child Care and Labor Supply of Lower-Ses Mothers : A Randomized Controlled Trial

Hermes, Henning; Krauß, Marina; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2023

We present experimental evidence that enabling access to universal early child care for families with lower socioeconomic status (SES) increases maternal labor supply. Our intervention provides families with customized help for child care applications, resulting in a large increase in enrollment...

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Beliefs About Maternal Labor Supply

Boneva, Teodora; Golin, Marta; Kaufmann, Katja; Rauh, … - 2023

This paper provides representative evidence on the perceived returns to maternal labor supply. We design a novel survey to elicit subjective expectations, and show that a mother’s decision to work is perceived to have sizable impacts on child skills, family outcomes, and the future labor...

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Neither Backlash Nor Convergence : Dynamics of Intracouple Childcare Division after the First COVID-19 Lockdown and Subsequent Reopening in Germany

Boll, Christina; Müller, Dana; Schüller, Simone - 2021

Using unique monthly panel data from the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) covering the immediate postlockdown period from June to August 2020, we investigate the opposing claims of widening/closing the gender gap in parental childcare during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. We contribute...

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Parents Under Stress - Evaluating Emergency Childcare Policies During the First COVID-19 Lockdown in Germany

Schüller, Simone; Steinberg, Hannah - 2021

What are the effects of school and daycare facility closures during the COVID-19 pandemic on parental well-being and parenting behavior? Can emergency childcare policies during a pandemic mitigate increases in parental stress and negative parenting behavior? To answer these questions, this study...

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Education Promoted Secularization

Becker, Sascha O.; Nagler, Markus; Woessmann, Ludger - 2014

data mostly contradict the traditional view that education was a leading source of the seismic social phenomenon of … fixed effects account for time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity, education – but not income or urbanization – is …

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Uncertain longevity and investment in education

Sheshinski, Eytan - 2009

It has been argued that increased life expectancy raises the rate of return on education, causing a rise in the … investment in education followed by an increase in lifetime labor supply. Empirical evidence of these relations is rather weak … dependence of hazard rates, which determine individuals' behavioral response w.r.t. education, work and age of retirement …

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Lifetime Consequences of Lost Instructional Time in the Classroom: Evidence from Shortened School Years

Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - 2022

This study estimates the lifetime effects of lost instructional time in the classroom on labor market performance. For identification, I use historical shifts in the school year schedule in Germany, which substantially shortened the duration of the affected school years with no adjustments in...

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