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Why are mothers working longer hours in Austria than in Germany? : a comparative micro simulation analysis

Dearing, Helene; Hofer, Helmut; Lietz, Christine; … - 2007

Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are much higher among Austrian mothers. In order to find out to what extent these differences can be attributed to differences in the tax transfersystem, we perform a comparative...

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Mother's autonomy and child welfare : a new measure and some new evidence

Chakraborty, Tanika; De, Prabal K. - 2011

on her child's secondary education in Mexico and find that the children of Mexican mothers with greater autonomy in … autonomy and welfare outcomes. We argue that omitted variables that may drive education and autonomy are likely to be … Empowerment ; Principal Component ; Education ; Instrumental Variable …

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The effects of family policy on mothers' labor supply : combining evidence from a structural model and a natural experiment

Geyer, Johannes; Haan, Peter; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2014

Parental leave and subsidized child care are prominent examples of family policies supporting the reconciliation of family life and labor market careers for mothers. In this paper, we combine different empirical strategies to evaluate the employment effects of these policies for mothers in...

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The effect of maternity leave on women's pay in Germany 1984-1994

Ondrich, Jan I.; Spieß, C. Katharina; Yang, Qing - 2002 - Revised May 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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A multilevel analysis of child care and the transition to motherhood in Western Germany

Hank, Karsten; Kreyenfeld, Michaela - 2002

In this paper, we take a multilevel perspective to investigate the role of child care in the transition to motherhood …

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Teen births keep American crime high

Hunt, Jennifer - 2003 - This Draft - March 2003

The United States has a teenage birth rate that is high relative to that of other developed countries, and falling more slowly. Children of teenagers may experience difficult childhoods and hence be more likely to commit crimes subsequently. I assess to what extent lagged teen birth rates can...

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Ganztagsschulen und Erwerbsbeteiligung von Müttern : eine Mikrosimulationsstudie für Deutschland

Beblo, Miriam (contributor); Lauer, Charlotte (contributor); … - 2005

erhöhen. Ein realistischeres Szenario, das derzeit im Rahmen des Bundesinvestitionsprogramms Zukunft Bildung und Betreuung …

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The impact of children on female earnings in Britain

Viitanen, Tarja K. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Child care costs and mothers' labor supply : an empirical analysis for Germany

Wrohlich, Katharina (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource], rev

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New directions in the analysis of inequality and poverty

Jenkins, Stephen (contributor); … - 2007

Over the last four decades, academic and wider public interest in inequality and poverty has grown substantially. In … this paper we address the question: what have been the major new directions in the analysis of inequality and poverty over … inequality and poverty, changes in the policy environment, increased scrutiny of the concepts of "poverty and inequality" and the …

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