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The effect of childcare on parental earnings trajectories
Krapf, Matthias; Roth, Anja; Slotwinski, Michaela - 2020
We study the effect of childcare availability on child penalties. Using Swiss administrative data, we exploit the … staggered opening od childcare facilities across municipalities in the canton of Bern. We find that the presence of childcare … facilities in the year of birth of the first child reduces the child penalty. The availability of childcare increases maternal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012300771
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Determinants of Child Care Participation
Coneus, Katja; Goeggel, Kathrin; Muehler, Grit - 2007
When estimating the determinants of child care participation, the simultaneity in mothers' decision to work and in the decision to use child care is a major challenge. In this study, we provide evidence on the determinants of institutional child care use accounting for the endogeneity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297974
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Determinants of Child Care Participation
Coneus, Katja; Goeggel, Kathrin; Muehler, Grit - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
When estimating the determinants of child care participation, the simultaneity in mothers' decision to work and in the decision to use child care is a major challenge. In this study, we provide evidence on the determinants of institutional child care use accounting for the endogeneity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097613
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The effectiveness of school closures and other pre-lockdown COVID-19 mitigation strategies in Argentina, Italy, and South Korea
Neidhöfer, Guido; Neidhöfer, Claudio - 2020
The rapid spread of COVID-19 forced policy-makers to swiftly find solutions to reduce infection rates and keep mortality as low as possible. Empirical analyses on the effectiveness of control measures are hereby of primary importance. School closures were among the earliest measures enacted by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290515
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Radical or incremental: Where does R&D policy hit?
Beck, Mathias; Lopes-Bento, Cindy; Schenker-Wicki, Andrea - 2014
This study investigates the efficacy of public R&D support. Compared to most existing studies, we do not stop at substitution effects or general innovation outcome measures, but we are interested in knowing where the policy effect is highest: on innovation close to the market (i.e. incremental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435445
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Radical or incremental: Where does R&D policy hit?
Beck, Mathias; Lopes-Bento, Cindy; Schenker-Wicki, Andrea - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
This study investigates the efficacy of public R&D support. Compared to most existing studies, we do not stop at substitution effects or general innovation outcome measures, but we are interested in knowing where the policy effect is highest: on innovation close to the market (i.e. incremental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011097458
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Early retirement of employees in demanding jobs: Evidence from a German pension reform
Geyer, Johannes; Lorenz, Svenja; Zwick, Thomas; Bruns, Mona - 2021
Early retirement options are usually targeted at employees at risk of not reaching their regular retirement age in employment. An important at-risk group comprises employees who have worked in demanding jobs for many years. This group may be particularly negatively affected by the abolition of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698575
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The sorting of female careers after first birth: A competing risks analysis of maternity leave duration
Arntz, Melanie; Dlugosz, Stephan; Wilke, Ralf A. - 2014
A number of contributions have found evidence for motherhood being a critical life event for women's employment careers. This study presents a detailed model for the du- ration of maternity leave in which young mothers can make a transition into a number of states related to employment and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464345
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The sorting of female careers after first birth: A competing risks analysis of maternity leave duration
Arntz, Melanie; Dlugosz, Stephan; Wilke, Ralf A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
A number of contributions have found evidence for motherhood being a critical life event for women's employment careers. This study presents a detailed model for the du- ration of maternity leave in which young mothers can make a transition into a number of states related to employment and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011122575
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Tax policy and income inequality in the US, 1979-2007
Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Immervoll, Herwig; … - 2014
We assess the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality by applying a new decomposition method allowing us to disentangle the policy effect from changing market incomes. Over the period 1979-2007, the cumulative policy effect aggravated inequality by increasing the income share of the top...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329226