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

Kreyenfeld, Michaela; Spieß, Christa Katharina; … - 2000

bedürfen. Wie in einigen anderen europäischen Staaten werden auch in Deutschland bestimmte Anbieter von … Kindertageseinrichtungen öffentlich gefördert bzw. die Kommunen betreiben selbst Kindertageseinrichtungen. Damit kommen den Eltern, deren … Kinder Kindertageseinrichtungen besuchen, indirekt öffentliche Gelder zu, gleichwohl sie über Elternbeiträge einen geringen …

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The Effect of Maternity Leave on Women's Pay in Germany 1984-1994

Ondrich, Jan I.; Spieß, Christa Katharina; Yang, Qing - 2002

In 1986 German federal parental leave and benefit policy was expanded in several ways, extending the potential duration of leave from six to ten months and paying child-rearing benefits to all new mothers regardless of their employment status before childbirth. The potential duration has...

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European mothers' time with children : differences and similarities across nine countries

Joesch, Jutta M.; Spieß, Christa Katharina - 2002

We use data from the 1996 wave of the European Community Household Panel to present and compare the weekly number of hours mothers of children less than 16 years of age reported looking after children in nine European countries in 1996. In addition, we explore to what extent cross-country...

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Paid parental leave and child development: Evidence from the 2007 German parental benefit reform and administrative data

Huebener, Mathias; Kuehnle, Daniel; Spieß, Christa … - 2017

This paper examines the effects of a substantial change in publicly funded paid parental leave in Germany on child development and socio-economic development gaps. For children born before January 1, 2007, parental leave benefits were means-tested and paid for up to 24 months after childbirth....

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The effect of early childhood education and care services on the social integration of refugee families

Gambaro, Ludovica; Neidhöfer, Guido; Spieß, Christa … - 2019

Devising appropriate policy measures for the integration of refugees is high on the agenda of many governments. This paper focuses on the social integration of families seeking asylum in Germany between 2013 and 2016. Exploiting differences in services availability across counties as an...

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Center-based care and parenting activities

Jessen, Jonas; Spieß, Christa Katharina; Waights, Sevrin - 2020

We estimate effects of center-based care on parenting activities using time use data for Germany. Our estimates imply that center-based care reduces the overall time that parents spend with the enrolled child, but has only small negative effects on time spent doing activities together....

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Does quality of early childhood education and care affect the home learning environment of children?

Kuger, Susanne; Marcus, Jan; Spieß, Christa Katharina - 2017

Both, a high quality of the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) setting and a high quality of the home learning environment foster children's development. However, we know little about the interactions between ECEC quality and the home learning environment. We examine whether the child's...

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Information asymmetries between parents and educators in German childcare institutions

Camehl, Georg F.; Schober, Pia S.; Spieß, Christa Katharina - 2017

Economic theory predicts market failure in the market for early childhood education and care (ECEC) due to information asymmetries. We empirically investigate information asymmetries between parents and ECEC professionals in Germany, making use of a unique extension of the German Socio-Economic...

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Obesity and developmental functioning among children aged 2-4 years

Cawley, John; Spieß, Christa Katharina - 2008

In developed countries, obesity tends to be associated with worse labor market outcomes. One possible reason is that obesity leads to less human capital formation early in life. This paper investigates the association between obesity and the developmental functioning of children at younger ages...

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The Impact of Child and Maternal Health Indicators on Female Labor Force Participation after Childbirth: Evidence for Germany

Dunkelberg, Annalena; Spieß, Christa Katharina - 2007

This paper analyzes the influence of children's health and mothers' physical and mental wellbeing on female labor force participation after childbirth in Germany. Our analysis uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study, which enables us to measure children?s health based on the...

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