-lasting effects on fathers' involvement in childcare and housework. Effects on maternal labor supply are also significantly positive … promoting more gender equality in leave-taking. Results show that even short periods of fathers' parental leave may have long …

This paper analyses the intra-household allocation of time to show gender differences in childcare. In the framework of … a general efficiency approach, hours spent on childcare by each parent are regressed against individual and household … Household Panel-ECHP (1994-2001). Empirical results show a clear inequality in childcare between fathers and mothers, with this …

’ division of housework and child care after postnatal labour market return in Germany. It explores whether take-up of child care … related leave may impact the gender division of domestic work beyond the period of leave and examines three theoretical … explanations: 1) development of domestic work skills, 2) bargaining power based on economic resources, and 3) adaptations in gender …

Commonly described as the "gender care gap", there is a persistent gender difference in the division of domestic … and housework significantly increase in the short run on weekdays, while we do not see any similar shifts on weekends … financial constraints, relative bargaining powers, gender role attitudes, and emotional bonds as potential explanations for the …

residence and fathers' childcare hours during a regular weekday. We explore the short-term gender and SP group associations with … childcare even in shared parenting settings and/or fail to redirect released childcare time to the labor market. Our data …

This study investigates the employment and childcare use behaviour of migrant and non-migrant mothers in Germany. We … identify significant associations between migration background and employment probability, working hours, and childcare usage … potential endogeneity of childcare use. We do not find an additional contribution of a migrant background to mothers' use of …

We apply a structural model of mothers' labor supply and child care choices to evaluate the effects of two childcare … group and are unconditional on the parents' income or employment status, yet affect mothers' incentives for labor supply and …

and increasing childcare at home. Parents also reduce informal childcare indicating that public daycare and informal … childcare are complements. Female labor force participation declines and the response ist strongest for single parents and low …Previous studies report a wide range of estimates for how female labor supply responds to childcare prices. We shed new …