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Parasites and Raven Mothers: A German-Japanese Comparison on (Lone) Motherhood
Klabunde, Anna; Korn, Evelyn - 2010
western world. Therefore, freed from social sanctions, single motherhood has become an additional family-choice alternative … countries. We compare the institutional frame, in particular labor-market characteristics and family law, in Germany and Japan …-earner) family system until the second half of the 20th century. Now we can observe that social changes that happened in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273562
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Parasites and Raven Mothers: A German-Japanese Comparison on (Lone) Motherhood
Klabunde, Anna; Korn, Evelyn - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2010
western world. Therefore, freed from social sanctions, single motherhood has become an additional family-choice alternative … countries. We compare the institutional frame, in particular labor-market characteristics and family law, in Germany and Japan …-earner) family system until the second half of the 20th century. Now we can observe that social changes that happened in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008641788
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Why Are More Boys Born During War? - Evidence from Germany at Mid Century
Bethmann, Dirk; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2009
German state of Bavaria in the vicinity and aftermath of World War II, we explore the reduced-form relationship between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265812
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Less alimony after divorce: Spouses' behavioral response to the 2008 alimony reform in Germany
Bredtmann, Julia; Vonnahme, Christina - 2017
The 2008 alimony reform in Germany considerably reduced post-marital and caregiver alimony. We analyze how individuals adapted to these changed rulings in terms of labor supply, the intra-household allocation of leisure, and marital stability. We use the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011746151
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Fertility effects of college education: Evidence from the German educational expansion
Kamhöfer, Daniel A.; Westphal, Matthias - 2017
effects moreover suggest that career and family are not fully compatible. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011764714
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A Theory of Child Adoption
Bethmann, Dirk; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2012
Women can bear own children or adopt them. Extending economic theories of fertility, we provide a first theoretical treatment of the demand for adoption. We show that the propensity to adopt a child increases in the degree of own altruism, infertility, relatedness to the child, costs of own...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287345
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A Theory of Child Adoption
Bethmann, Dirk; Kvasnicka, Michael - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2012
Women can bear own children or adopt them. Extending economic theories of fertility, we provide a first theoretical treatment of the demand for adoption. We show that the propensity to adopt a child increases in the degree of own altruism, infertility, relatedness to the child, costs of own...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010556739
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Why Are More Boys Born During War? - Evidence from Germany at Mid Century
Bethmann, Dirk; Kvasnicka, Michael - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2009
German state of Bavaria in the vicinity and aftermath of World War II, we explore the reduced-form relationship between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509368
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Extreme weather events and violence against children
Roeckert, Julian; Krähnert, Kati; Hoffmann, Roman - 2024
This study examines the impact of extreme weather events on violence against children inflicted by adult household members. Our focus is on Mongolia, where winter disasters cause high livestock mortality that exert economic stress on pastoralist households. The analysis builds on three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015053570
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Rural Electrification and Domestic Violence in Sub Saharan Africa
Sievert, Maximiliane - 2024
Electrification is frequently said to foster women's development and contribute to a modernization of gender roles. Using Demographic and Health Survey data from rural areas in 22 Sub-Saharan countries collected between 1999 and 2014, this paper examines the role of electricity access in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014525229