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Cracking under pressure? : gender role attitudes toward maternal employment in times of a pandemic

Danzer, Natalia; Huebener, Mathias; Pape, Astrid; … - 2021

This paper studies the effects of Covid-19 related daycare and school closures on gender role attitudes toward maternal employment in Germany. We compare women and men with dependent children to those without children one year after the outbreak of the pandemic. Using data on gender role...

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Parental labour supply responses to the abolition of day care fees

Huebener, Mathias; Pape, Astrid; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2019

This paper provides evidence that low private contributions to highly subsidised day care constrain mothers from working longer hours. We study the effects of a reform that abolished day care fees in Germany on parental labour supply. The reform removed private contributions to highly subsidised...

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Does grandparenting pay off for the next generations? : intergenerational effects of grandparental care

Barschkett, Mara; Spieß, C. Katharina; Ziege, Elena - 2021

Grandparents act as the third largest caregiver after parental care and daycare in Germany, as in many Western societies. Adopting a double-generation perspective, we investigate the causal impact of this care mode on children's health, socio-emotional behavior, and school outcomes, as well as...

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Center-based care and parenting activities

Jessen, Jonas; Spieß, C. Katharina; Waights, Sevrin - 2021

We examine the relationship between parenting activities and center-based care using time diary and survey data for mothers in Germany. While mothers using center-based care spend significantly less time in the presence of their child, we find that differences in the time spent on specific...

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How daycare quality shapes norms around daycare use and parental employment : experimental evidence from Germany

Philipp, Marie-Fleur; Büchau, Silke; Schober, Pia S.; … - 2024

Not only the quantity of formal daycare provision for young children, but also its quality has become an issue of political concern. This experimental study investigates how a hypothetical improvement in the quality of daycare facilities shapes normative judgements regarding daycare use and...

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Unlocking potential : childcare services and refugees' integration, employment and well-being

Gambaro, Ludovica; Huebener, Mathias; Schmitz, Sophia; … - 2024

In armed conflicts, it is common for women, children, and the elderly to flee, leaving the men behind. While refugee women face particular challenges in caring for children in host countries, there is only limited evidence on the impact of childcare services on their integration. This paper...

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Parental leave policies and socio-economic gaps in child development : evidence from a substantial benefit reform using administrative data

Huebener, Mathias; Kühnle, Daniel; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2018

This paper examines the effects of substantial changes in paid parental leave on child development and socio-economic development gaps. We exploit a German reform from 2007 that both expanded paid leave in the first year and removed paid leave in the second year following childbirth....

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A forgotten issue : distributional effects of day care subsidies in Germany

Kreyenfeld, Michaela; Spieß, C. Katharina; Wagner, Gert G. - 2000

öffentlichen Förderung von Kinderbetreuung. Eine solche Unkenntnis über die Verteilungseffekte der öffentlichen Förderung von … Kinderbetreuung kann jedoch dazu führen, dass Einkommensgruppen öffentliche Mittel in Anspruch nehmen, die dieser Gelder nicht …-Förderung" nur sehr geringe Umverteilungswirkungen erzielt werden. Vorrangig kommen die Subventionen im Bereich der Kinderbetreuung …

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Children's school placement in Germany : does kindergarten attendance matter?

Spieß, C. Katharina (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Sharing the caring? : the gender division of care work during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

Jessen, Jonas; Spieß, C. Katharina; Waights, Sevrin; … - 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and related closures of daycare centers and schools significantly increased the amount of care work done by parents. There is much speculation over whether the pandemic increased or decreased gender equality in parental care work. Based on representative data for Germany we...

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