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For some mothers more than others : how children matter for labour market outcomes when both fertility and female employment are low
Karbownik, Krzysztof; Myck, Michał - 2012 - Corrected version, November 2012
We estimate the causal relationship between family size and labour market outcomes for families in low fertility and … two or more kids. Heterogeneity analysis suggests no causal effects of fertility on female employment among mothers with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012039446
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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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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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Fertility as a driver of maternal employment
Schmieder, Julia - 2020
positive effect of an instrument-induced increase in fertility on maternal employment driven by an increase in informal work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012250660
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Business cycles and start-ups across industries : an empirical analysis of German regions
Konon, Alexander; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2018
We analyze whether start-up rates in different industries systematically change with business cycle variables. Using a unique data set at the industry level, we mostly find correlations that are consistent with counter-cyclical influences of the business cycle on entries in both innovative and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011822200
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Pension incentives and early retirement
Engels, Barbara; Geyer, Johannes; Haan, Peter - 2016
In this paper we exploit a cohort-specific pension reform to estimate the causal labour market effects of changes in the financial incentives to retire. In particular, we analyze the effects of the introduction of cohort-specific deductions for early retirement on female retirement, employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011558593
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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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The importance of mothers-in-law's employment for their daughter-in-law's labour market outcomes in West Germany : results and mechanisms
Schmitz, Sophia; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2021
Social norms have been put forward as prominent explanations for the changing labour supply decisions of women. This paper studies the intergenerational formation of these norms, examining how they affect subsequent female labour supply decisions, taking into account not only the early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497397
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Patrilocal residence and female labour supply
Landmann, Andreas; Seitz, Helke; Steiner, Susan - 2017
Many people around the world live in patrilocal societies. Patrilocality prescribes that women move in with their husbands' parents, relieve their in-laws from housework, and care for them in old age. This arrangement is likely to have labour market consequences, in particular for the women. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011771686
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Regional social contexts and individual fertility decisions : a multilevel analysis of first and second birth in Western Germany
Hank, Karsten - 2002
This paper investigates whether and how regional social contexts influence fertility decisions of women living in … for the transition to the first and second child. The empirical analysis provides no evidence that fertility differentials …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435834