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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 decision by exploiting variation in the tax and transfer...

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Taxing childcare: Effects on family labor supply and children

Gathmann, Christina; Sass, Björn - 2012

Previous studies report a wide range of estimates for how female labor supply responds to childcare prices. We shed new light on this question using a reform that raised the prices of public daycare. Parents respond by reducing public daycare and increasing childcare at home. Parents also reduce...

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Cheaper child care, more children

Mörk, Eva; Sjögren, Anna; Svaleryd, Helena - 2009

We study the effect of child care costs on the fertility behavior of Swedish women and find that reductions in child care charges influence fertility decisions, even when costs are initially highly subsidized. Exploiting the exogenous variation in child care costs caused by a Swedish child care...

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Explaining how delayed motherhood affects fertility dynamics in Europe

Bratti, Massimiliano; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2008

This paper analyzes the effect of delayed motherhood on fertility dynamics for women living in several European countries, which differ in terms of their institutional environments. We show that the effect of delaying the first child on the transition to the second birth differs both among...

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A cost-benefit analysis of early childhood intervention: evidence from a randomised evaluation of a parenting programme

O'Neill, Donal - 2009

A number of researchers and policy makers have recently argued that the most effective way of dealing with long-run disadvantage and the intergenerational transmission of poverty is through early childhood intervention and in particular policies aimed at supporting the family in early childhood...

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Is universal child care leveling the playing field? Evidence from non-linear difference-in-differences

Havnes, Tarjei; Mogstad, Magne - 2010

Advocates of a universal child care system offer a two-fold argument: Child care facilitates children's long-run development, and levels the playing field by benefiting in particular disadvantaged children. Therefore, a critical element in evaluating universal child care systems is to measure...

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Short-run and long-term effects of childbirth on mothers' employment and working hours across institutional regimes: an empirical analysis based on the European Community Household...

Geyer, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 2007

The employment behavior of mothers is strongly influenced by labor market regulations and certain institutional arrangements, which both vary greatly across European countries. Using the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) 1994-2001 for Denmark, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, which...

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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 transfer-system, we perform a comparative...

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The effects of maternity leave extension on training for young women

Puhani, Patrick A.; Sonderhof, Katja - 2008

Using three representative individual-level datasets for West Germany, we estimate the effect of the extension of maternity leave from 18 to 36 months on young women's participation in job-related training. Specifically, we employ difference-indifferences identification strategies using control...

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Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf: wie konsistent sind die Reformen?

Eichhorst, Werner; Thode, Eric - 2009

Erwerbstätigkeit und Familiengründung zu einer echten Entweder-oder-Entscheidung. In Deutschland und vielen anderen OECD-Ländern wurden … Jahre kohärent ausgestaltet waren und die Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf verbessert haben. Beim Blick auf Deutschland … Kinderbetreuung voraus. Bei Transferbeziehern wird eine stärkere Aktivierung angestrebt, aber problematische Anreizstrukturen stehen …

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