This study investigates how the duration of child care leave taken by mothers and fathers relates to changes in couples’ division of housework and child care after postnatal labour market return in Germany. It explores whether take-up of child care related leave may impact the gender division...

By investigating how locally available early childhood education and care quality relates to maternal employment choices, this study extended the literature which has mostly focused on the importance of day-care availability or costs. We provided differentiated analyses by the youngest child's...

This research explores how different parental leave reforms in West Germany impacted on the time mothers and fathers in couples spent on child care. I investigate indirect effects through mothers' labor market return decisions more in detail than previous studies and also examine potential...

Abschluss der ifo Jahresversammlung 2006 war eine hochrangig besetzten Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema "Jobs für Deutschland". Diskussionsteilnehmer waren - neben Minister Huber und Prof. Sinn - Prof. Michael Burda, Ph.D., Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Prof. Dr. Ingolf Deubel, Staatsminister der...