Germany is characterised by large gender gaps in the labour market. Both the gender pay gap as well as the gender gap in working hours are among the highest in Europe. Family policy reforms such as increasing the parental leave period that is ear-marked for fathers as well as reducing the high...

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...

In der Agenda 2010 werden für den Politikbereich "Familie und Bildung" insbesondere drei Problembereiche angesprochen. Zum Ersten findet sich darin die Benennung des Problems unzureichender Betreuungsmöglichkeiten für Kinder, das die Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie in Deutschland...