This paper quantifies the life-cycle incidence of key family policy measures in Germany. The analysis is based on a … novel dynamic microsimulation model that combines simulated family life-cycles for a base population from the 2009 wave of … Germany benefit considerably from family- and marriage-related transfers, yet also reveal substantial variation behindthe …

Substantial research on the relationship between family structures and child outcomes represents a considerable part of … the literature. However, family structure provides a rather static view of the relationship of children's living … arrangements and their well-being, revealing hardly anything about the stability of a family for a longer period. This paper …

-income, first-time mothers. A major goal of the program is to improve the participants' economic self-sufficiency and family … welfare state arrangements for disadvantaged mothers with young children in Germany. …

. Additional analyses point to reduced parental involvement and greater family conflict as potential mechanisms. …

variables on the relationship between children and parents, family size, and the parents' socioeconomic background. …

identifying episodes of single motherhood and employment during life courses. Since family statuses of single mothers are … public childcare arrangements, but are capable of finding individual solutions are more likely to balance work and family …

employment and family life. The question this paper aims to answer is: How does the educational field influence the transition to …