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The effect of childcare on parental earnings trajectories
Krapf, Matthias; Roth, Anja; Slotwinski, Michaela - 2020
We study the effect of childcare availability on child penalties. Using Swiss administrative data, we exploit the staggered opening od childcare facilities across municipalities in the canton of Bern. We find that the presence of childcare facilities in the year of birth of the first child...
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Does the right to work part-time affect mothers' labor market outcomes?
Paule-Paludkiewicz, Hannah - 2024
differences-in-differences design to investigate a reform in Germany that granted the right to work part-time to employees of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014548124
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The economic consequences of family policies : lessons from a century of legislation in high-income countries
Olivetti, Claudia; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2017
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Exploring the puzzle of human reproduction : register data based evidence from France and Germany
Lipowski, Cäcilia; Wilke, Ralf A.; Koebel, Bertrand M. - 2020
earnings. Females in Germany adapt their fertility behaviour more strongly in response to economic incentives than their … harmonisation process related to European integration. This study uses large scale administrative data from France and Germany to … analyse and directly compare fertility patterns in two major European economies over a period of 15 years. Strong evidence is …
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The impact of a negative labor demand shock on fertility : evidence from the fall of the Berlin Wall
Liepmann, Hannah - 2018
How does a negative labor demand shock impact fertility? I analyze this question in the context of the East German … fertility decline after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. I exploit differential pressure for restructuring across East …. Thus, the demand shock did not only depress the aggregate fertility level but also changed the composition of mothers. My …
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Parental leave, worker substitutability, and firms' employment
Huebener, Mathias; Jessen, Jonas; Kühnle, Daniel; … - 2022
about their effects on firms. Based on linked employer-employee data from Germany, we examine how more generous leave …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014088357
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Globalization : a woman's best friend? ; exporters and the gender wage gap
Bøler, Esther Ann; Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska; … - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011296874
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The role of employers in reducing the implementation gap in leave policies
Hipp, Lena; Schlüter, Charlotte; Molina, Stefania - 2022
Although parents in almost all rich democracies are entitled to some form of paid parenting leave, fathers in particular often do not take all the leave available to them. As employers play an important role in the implementation of parenting leave policies, this article investigates what...
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Sick leave and medical leave in the United States : a categorization and recent trends
Pichler, Stefan; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2024
This article reviews the current debate about sick pay mandates and medical leave in the United States. The United States is one of three industrialized countries that do not guarantee access to paid sick leave for all employees. We first provide a categorization of the different paid leave...
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Families, labor markets and policy
Albanesi, Stefania; Olivetti, Claudia; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013454115