This study used data from the German Socio-economic Panel to examine gender differences in the extent to which self … leadership positions reported the highest level of subjective life satisfaction. For women, no statistically significant … differences were observed among women in high-level managerial positions, women who worked in non-high-level positions, and women …

(FiD), we find evidence pointing to welfare enhancing effects of childcare support, as it strongly increases both childcare …

personality traits on subjective well-being (SWB). The former effects are assumed to be mediated by the match between women … work-leisure choices indeed matter for women's SWB but the effects are strongly mediated by the job match especially for … younger birth cohorts and higher educated women. Therefore, apart from the impact of genes or personality traits preferences …

availability on the fertility of high-educated women aged 25 and above. Effects are not statistically significant both for men, low …-educated women, and under 25. We also show that broadband access significantly increases the share of women reporting teleworking or … findings are consistent with the hypothesis that high-speed Internet allows high-educated women to conciliate career and …

Despite much recent changes in gender relations, housework remains an area where women bear primary responsibility …. This paper examines the role of policy and employment context on housework, not only for women who live with partners, but … also for single women. I study German women's housework in the decade after unification, which allows me to simultaneously …

This paper asks whether part-time work makes women happy. Previous research on labour supply has assumed that as … find decreases in working-hours bring about positive and significant improvement on well-being for women. …

This paper examines why German men marry women from countries which are less economically developed. Two hypotheses … the economic gap between their countries of origin, German men can marry comparatively more attractive women on the … spouse on the German marriage market, which in turn increases the likelihood of them seeking marriage with women from poorer …

instrumental variable strategies, for instance based on the gender disparity in industries and occupations. Our results suggest …

opportunities. Referring conflicting theoretical arguments, we hypothesize that in Germany - as a conservative welfare state - women …, especially those in highly qualified positions. Drawing on existing research, we investigate in how far women and men in those … positions differ in their perceived work-to-family conflicts (WFC), considering the mediating role of gender specific job …