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Family, money, and health: regional differences in the determinants of life cycle life satisfaction

Margolis, Rachel; Myrskylä, Mikko - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2012

We examine how family, money, and health explain variation in life satisfaction (“happiness”) over the life cycle …. Globally, these factors explain a substantial fraction of happiness, increasing from 12 percent in young adulthood to 15 … in the wealthier, and income in the poorer regions of the world. Family explains a substantial fraction of happiness only …

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How policy matters: Germany’s parental leave benefit reform and fathers’ behavior 1999-2009

Geisler, Esther; Kreyenfeld, Michaela - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2012

In 2007, Germany enacted a radical new parental leave benefit scheme that grants parents 67 percent of their previous income, and includes two “daddy months.” In this paper, we use data from the German Microcensus for the period 1999 to 2009 to explore how this reform has changed fathers’...

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Maternity leave in turbulent times: effects on labor market transitions and fertility in Russia, 1985-2000

Gerber, Theodore P.; Perelli-Harris, Brienna - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2009

Maternity leave policies are designed to ease the tension between women’s employment and fertility, but whether they actually play such a role remains unclear. We analyze the individual-level effects of maternity leave on employment outcomes and on second conception rates among Russian...

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Berufsbiographische Unsicherheiten und der Übergang zur Elternschaft bei Männern

Tölke, Angelika; Diewald, Martin - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2002

In this paper we look at the impact of employment on family development with reference to men. We investigate the extent to which insecurities in the employment career have an effect on family formation. By comparing the life histories and life situation of men in East and West Germany, we are...

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Die Bedeutung von Herkunftsfamilie, Berufsbiografie und Partnerschaften für den Übergang zur Ehe und Vaterschaft

Tölke, Angelika - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2004

This paper examines the extent to which a difficult entry into the labor market and insecurities during the working life affect men’s decision to marry and to have their first child and how these effects hold true when characteristics of the family of origin and the respondents own...

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Can child care policy encourage employment and fertility? Evidence from a structural model

Haan, Peter; Wrohlich, Katharina - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 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 decision by exploiting variation in the tax and transfer...

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Leaving the parental home in post-war Japan: social, economic and demographic determinants

Fukuda, Setsuya - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2010

This paper examines the relationship between home-leaving intensities of young adults and the rapid social, economic, and demographic changes that took place in post-World War II Japan. By using event-history modeling, the study shows that the declines in sibling numbers and in rural residence...

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Fertility and family configurations in Sardinia

Bernardi, Laura; Oppo, Anna - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2007

In this paper we argue that the strength of intergenerational relationships in Italy is one important element in understanding low fertility in this country, but that the role that family plays in a couple’s fertility decisions needs to be understood in light of the wider context of normative...

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Woman’s employment and union disruption in a changing socio-economic context: the case of Russia

Muszynska, Magdalena M. - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2006

Drawing on data from new Russian retrospective surveys, this study examines the relationship between women’s employment and the risk of union disruption within both the centrally planned economy and transition period. Our results show that within the two periods, the risk of union dissolution...

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Müttererwerbstätigkeit in Ost- und Westdeutschland: eine Analyse mit den Mikrozensen 1991-2002

Geisler, Esther; Kreyenfeld, Michaela - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2005

Auf Basis der Daten des Mikrozensus aus den Jahren 1991, 1996 und 2002 gibt dieser Artikel einen Überblick über das Erwerbsverhalten von Frauen mit Kindern in Ost- und Westdeutschland. Neben der Frage der Ost-West-Angleichung stehen sozialstrukturelle Unterschiede im Erwerbsverhalten im...

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