We study the mechanisms that are associated with the gender education gap and its reversal in Germany. We focus on … family background nor labor market characteristics appear to be strongly associated with the gender education gap. There is … some evidence that the gender gap in upper secondary education reflects the rising share of single parent households which …

force. After taking into account gender specific selection effects and the effects of the programs on pregnancies, gender …

birth-related employment interruptions. The reform yields most of the intended effects …

employment probation. This study empirically tests at the example of absence behavior, whether such behavioral responses to the … probation periods: Once individuals enter into regular employment and employment probation is completed, the probability of work …

semiparametric discrete factor procedure separately for men and women. Approximating a dynamic optimization model, the estimation …

the question whether the omission of important control variables in matching estimation leads to biased impact estimates …

possibly heterogeneous employment effects, we combine non-experimental causal empirical models with Lasso-type estimators. The …, unemployed persons with fewer employment opportunities profit more from participating in these programmes. Furthermore, we also … document heterogeneous employment effects by residence status. Finally, we show the potential of easy-to-implement programme …