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Fertility effects of child benefits
Riphahn, Regina T.; Wiynck, Frederik - 2017
We exploit the 1996 reform of the German child benefit program to identify the causal effect of heterogeneous child benefits on fertility. While generally the reform increased child benefits, the exact amount of the increase varied by household income and the number of children. We use these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653600
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Intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt : evidence from Germany
Feichtmayer, Jennifer; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2023
We study the intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt in Germany. We first describe the correlation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444190
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The employment of mothers : recent developments and their determinants in East and West Germany
Hanel, Barbara; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2010
. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences … employment differences as East German women with low earnings potentials appear to adopt West German low employment patterns over … time. -- employment ; mothers ; parental leave ; East Germany ; child care …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697044
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What drives the reversal of the gender education gap? : evidence from Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Schwientek, Caroline - 2015
We study the mechanisms that are associated with the gender education gap and its reversal in Germany. We focus on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011280850
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Teenage pregnancies and births in Germany : patterns and developments
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2014
We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel … teenage age and education, with the income of the teenager's family, with migration status, residence in East Germany, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010366230
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Intergenerational transmission of unemployment : evidence for German sons
Mäder, Miriam; Müller, Steffen; Riphahn, Regina T.; … - 2014
This paper studies the association between the unemployment experience of fathers and their sons. Based on German survey data that cover the last decades we find significant positive correlations. Using instrumental variables estimation and the Gottschalk (1996) method we investigate to what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417486
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Which factors drive the decision to boycott and opt out of research rankings?
Berlemann, Michael; Haucap, Justus - 2012
the best known research ranking of business scholars, initiated and published by Germany's largest business daily …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009682337
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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. - 2009
We study the labor supply effects of a change in child-subsidy policy designed to both increase fertility and shorten birth-related employment interruptions. The reform yields most of the intended effects. -- Female labor supply ; fertility ; child subsidy ; parents money
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003817940
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Apprenticeship, vocational training and early labor market outcomes : in East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Zibrowius, Michael - 2015
differences for different types of vocational training, minor differences between East and West Germany and males and females, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010496141
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Reforms of an early retirement pathway in Germany and their labor market effects
Riphahn, Regina T.; Schrader, Rebecca - 2021
We investigate the unemployment pathway to retirement in Germany and study the causal effects of two early retirement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012697080