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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008592541
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008478980
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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 … the job conducted: occupational status, hours worked and income from side employment activities. Since the collapse of … light of the independence effect of women’s employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005168320
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005168349
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Against all odds: fathers’ use of parental leave in Germany
Geisler, Esther; Kreyenfeld, Michaela - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2009
parental leave if they have a highly educated or older partner. We also find that employment through a temporary working …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700119
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The transition from school to work in Russia during and after socialism: change or continuity?
Bühler, Christoph; Konietzka, Dirk - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2008
-2005) by utilizing information from 6,455 males and females of the "Education and Employment Survey for Russia". The results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005227928
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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 system which differs by employment state and number of children. To …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008559152
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818214
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818215
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Measuring the balance of government intervention on forward and backward family transfers using NTA estimates: the modified Lee Arrows
Patxot, Concepció; Renteria, Elisenda; Romero, Miguel … - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2012
In this paper we propose a way to measure the degree of government intervention on forward –from parents to children– and backward –from adult children to elderly parents– intergenerational family transfers (IFT). We carry out a discussion about the possibility of using Generational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851040