. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences … time. -- employment ; mothers ; parental leave ; East Germany ; child care …

prices in the four largest economies in the euro area: France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. We first calibrate a life … portfolios, observed in the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) for these countries. We then show that the … heterogeneity in household finances implies that responses of consumption to changes in the real interest rate and in house prices …

billion per year, while household income rises only by EUR 1.1 billion per year. Poor households, i.e. those eligible for …

issues for the exemplary case of Germany that suffers from high unemployment among low-skilled workers and rising wage … in Germany, on employment, wage inequality, public expenditures, and incomes of poor households: 1) a statutory minimum …

both spouses maximize a household utility function. We assume that paid labor and housework are the endogenous choice … variables and furthermore consider household production. Surinamese/Antillean and Turkish women differ from Dutch women because … they value (joint) household production more in their utility function. Surinamese/Antillean and Turkish men, on the other …

metropolises on household environmental risk. …