This paper assesses the impact of a large expansion of public childcare in Germany on wage inequality. Exploiting …

'generation 1.5' (migrants arriving as children) and the second generation. It is stronger for women with low education and for …

'generation 1.5' (migrants arriving as children) and the second generation. It is stronger for women with low education and for …

In recent decades, changes in parents' attitudes towards the importance of spending time with children to optimise … employment rate and a continuous decline in total fertility rate. We focus especially on how parents' time with their children … strongly influences the time spent by both spouses with their children in 2002, but not in 1988. Fathers were much more …

In recent decades, changes in parents' attitudes towards the importance of spending time with children to optimise … employment rate and a continuous decline in total fertility rate. We focus especially on how parents' time with their children … strongly influences the time spent by both spouses with their children in 2002, but not in 1988. Fathers were much more …

between male and female employees in Germany. I extend the traditional decomposition to disentangle the effect of human …

during childhood using data from a longitudinal study, the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk, starting at birth. Our work … characteristics of children. Third, we examine the skill development for girls and boys separately, as well as for children who were …

epidemiological cohort study of 384 children at risk from the Rhine-Neckar Region in Germany. Our results indicate that noncognitive …

This paper investigates the relationship between kindergarten attendance and secondary school track choice in West-Germany …