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Fathers, parental leave and gender norms
Unterhofer, Ulrike; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2017
Social norms and attitudes towards gender roles have been shown to have a large effect on economic outcomes of men and women. Many countries have introduced policies that aim at changing gender stereotypes, for example fathers' quota in parental leave schemes. In this paper, we analyze whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635989
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Family and labor market choices : requirements to guide effective evidence-based policy
Kurowska, Anna; Myck, Michał; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2012
assessment of consequences of family related policies in the area of labor market and fertility. We set these models in the … policy making with the aim to reconcile the objectives of increasing female participation and fertility and reducing poverty … levels among families with children. -- microsimulation ; labor supply ; fertility ; evidence-based policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579395
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Financial support for families with children and its trade-off s balancing redistribution and parental work incentives
Myck, Michał; Kurowska, Anna; Kundera, Michał - 2013
poverty, low female employment and one of the lowest fertility rates in Europe. We demonstrate the complexity of potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009779810
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Two steps forward - one step back? : evaluating contradicting child care policies in Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2014 - (This version: June 27 2014)
We apply a structural model of mothers' labor supply and child care choices to evaluate the effects of two childcare reforms in Germany that were introduced simultaneously in August 2013. First, a legal claim to subsidized child care became effective for all children aged one year or older....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010374162
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Parental leave benefits and child penalties
Waights, Sevrin - 2022 - This version: August 2022
I use the universe of tax returns in Germany and a regression kink design to estimate the impact of the benefit amount available to high-earning women after their first childbirth on subsequent within-couple earnings inequality. Lower benefit amounts result in a reduced earnings gap that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013345907
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The family working time model : toward more gender equality in work and care
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Neumann, Michael; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2016
Since the millennium, the labor market participation of women and mothers is increasing across European countries. Several work/care policy measures underlie this evolution. At the same time, the labor market behavior of men and fathers, as well as their involvement in care work, is relatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526058
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Can child care policy encourage employment and fertility? : evidence from a structural model
Haan, Peter; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2009
In this paper we develop a structural model of female employment and fertility which accounts for intertemporal … feedback effects between the two outcomes. We identify the effect of financial incentives on the employment and fertility … fertility of the childless and highly educated women. -- Employment ; fertility ; financial incentives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003889513
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010259541
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Helping with the kids? : how family-friendly workplaces affect parental well-being and behavior
Lauber, Verena; Storck, Johanna - 2016
Despite political efforts, balancing work and family life is still challenging. This paper provides novel evidence on the effect of firm level interventions that seek to reduce the work-life conflict. The focus is on how a specific workplace policy, namely childcare support, affects the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574874
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The impact of the length of schooling on the timing of family formation
Koebe, Josefine; Marcus, Jan - 2020
Individuals typically traverse several life phases before forming a family. We analyse whether changing the duration of one of these phases, the education phase, affects the timing of marriage and childbearing. For this purpose, we exploit the introduction of short school years in Germany in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270851