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Socialism, identity and the well-being of unemployed women

Günther, Tom; Conradi, Jakob; Hetschko, Clemens - 2024

Unemployment influences people’s life satisfaction beyond negative income shocks. A large body of literature investigates these non-pecuniary costs of unemployment and stresses the importance of social identity and therefore social norms, especially for men. We add to this literature by...

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Does federalism affect e-government in Germany?

Bartholomae, Florian W.; Nam, Chang-woon; Steinhoff, Peter - 2023

International comparisons show that the reasons why e-government development in Germany does not occupy the desired … orientation. In order to provide better and faster public services in Germany, the Online Access Act was introduced in 2017, which … 2022. However, this deadline has not been met. This study suggests that Germany's federal political structure is …

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Parental leave benefit and differential fertility responses : evidence from a German reform ; presented at CESifo Area Conference on Employment and Social Protection, May 2015

Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - 2015

This paper examines the causal effects of a major change in the German parental leave benefits on fertility. I use the unanticipated reform of 2007 to assess how a move from a means-tested to an earnings-related benefit affects higher-order births. By using data from the Mikrozensus, I find that...

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Universal childcare for the youngest and the maternal labour supply

Kunze, Astrid; Liu, Xingfei - 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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The willingness to pay for job amenities : evidence from mothers' return to work

Felfe, Christina - 2009

This study is the first to estimate mother's marginal willingness to pay (MWP) for job amenities directly. Its identification strategy relies on German maternity leave length. The key aspect of the maternal leave framework is that mothers can decide whether and when to return to their guaranteed...

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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 … time. -- employment ; mothers ; parental leave ; East Germany ; child care …