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Women's fertility and employment decisions under two political systems : comparing East and West Germany before reunification
Bredtmann, Julia; Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra - 2009
Over the last decades fertility rates have decreased in most developed countries, while female labour force participation has increased strongly over the same time period. To shed light on the relationship between women's fertility and employment decisions, we analyse their transitions to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003901024
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Social norms and mothers’ labor market attachment : the medium-run effects of parental benefits
Kluve, Jochen; Schmitz, Sebastian - 2014
Increasing mothers’ labor supply is a key policy challenge in many OECD countries. Germany recently introduced a generous parental benefit that allows for strong consumption smoothing after childbirth and, by taking into account opportunity costs of childbearing, incentivizes working women to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010357858
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Fathers' parental leave-taking, childcare involvement and mothers' labor market participation
Tamm, Marcus - 2018
This study analyzes the effect of fathers' parental leave-taking on the time fathers spend with their children and on mothers' and fathers' labor supply. Fathers' leave-taking is highly selective and the identification of causal effects relies on within-father differences in leave-taking for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011919734
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Who benefits from universal child care? : estimating marginal returns to early child care attendance
Cornelißen, Thomas; Dustmann, Christian; Raute, Anna; … - 2018
In this paper, we examine the heterogeneous treatment effects of a universal child care (preschool) program in Germany by exploiting the exogenous variation in attendance caused by a reform that led to a large staggered expansion across municipalities. Drawing on novel administrative data from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011869450
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The double burden : the impact of school closures on labor force participation of mothers
Kozhaya, Mireille - 2022
-in-Differenzen-Ansatzes analysiere ich, wie sich die Schulschließung aufgrund der COVID-19-Pandemie auf das Arbeitsangebot von Frauen mit … beobachten. Bei alleinerziehenden Müttern und Müttern mit Zugang zu informeller Kinderbetreuung wird jedoch kein Rückgang …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013281276
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Mothers' job search after childbirth
Lafférs, Lukás; Schmidpeter, Bernhard - 2021
We explore the impact of successful job search after childbirth on mothers’ labor market careers. Using a bounding approach and administrative data, we find strong heterogeneity in the returns to leaving the pre-birth employer. Moving to a new employer after childbirth leads to an increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012589178
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Cohort size effects on wages, working status, and work time
Okoampah, Sarah - 2016
This paper estimates the effects of cohort size on wages, employment and work time for workers in Germany. The empirical findings suggest that male workers with medium and high degrees of occupational specialization who were born at the peak of the baby boom earn at least 5.3% lower wages than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011520610
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The intensive and extensive margin of European labour supply
Frings, Hanna; Schaffner, Sandra - 2011
Das Arbeitsangebot wird grundsätzlich durch zwei Faktoren bestimmt: Die Partizipation am Arbeitsmarkt (extensives … Arbeitsangebot) und die Anzahl der gearbeiteten Stunden der Beschäftigten (intensives Arbeitsangebot). Auf Basis der … gesamte Arbeitsangebot ist. Die Ergebnisse deuten auf signifikante Unterschiede im Arbeitsangebot zwischen den Ländern hin …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009581047
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In good company : neighborhood quality and female employment
Bechara, Peggy; Eilers, Lea; Paloyo, Alfredo R. - 2015
, wird in diesem Papier der Einfluss der Nachbarschaft auf das individuelle Arbeitsangebot von Frauen untersucht. Aufgrund … mit Nachbarschaftsattributen korreliert ist. Während das extensive Arbeitsangebot besonders stark mit der … durchschnittlichen Beschäftigungsquote von Frauen korreliert ist, wird das intensive Arbeitsangebot durch den Anteil der …
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Less alimony after divorce : spouses' behavioral response to the 2008 alimony reform in Germany
Bredtmann, Julia; Vonnahme, Christina - 2017
, nicht bestätigen. Insbesondere gibt es keine Evidenz dafür, dass Frauen ihr Arbeitsangebot in Folge der Reform und der damit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011745678