We study the mechanisms that are associated with the gender education gap and its reversal in Germany. We focus on … family background nor labor market characteristics appear to be strongly associated with the gender education gap. There is … some evidence that the gender gap in upper secondary education reflects the rising share of single parent households which …

establishments (0-9 employees), subsidized Minijob employment comprises large shares of the work force, on average over 40 percent …. For these establishments, robust evidence shows that increasing the subsidization of Minijob employment crowds out non …-subsidized employment. Our results imply that Minijob employment in 2014 may have eliminated more than 0.5 million unsubsidized employment …

birth-related employment interruptions. The reform yields most of the intended effects. -- Female labor supply ; fertility …

exploit a reform of naturalization rules in an instrumental variable estimation. In our sample of recent immigrants, linear …

behind the recent incredible rise in old age employment in Germany. …

. This study applies recent panel data and estimation approaches that control for hitherto neglected biases. We compare the …