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Wirkungen eines Betreuungsgeldes bei bedarfsgerechtem Ausbau frühkindlicher Kindertagesbetreuung: Eine Mikrosimulationsstudie
Beninger, Denis; Bonin, Holger; Horstschräer, Julia; … - 2010
Grundlage der geschätzten Modellparameter ergeben, dass ein Betreuungsgeld das Arbeitsangebot und die Nachfrage nach externen … umgekehrte Richtung. Im Gesamteffekt beider Maßnahmen fallen sowohl das Arbeitsangebot als auch die Inanspruchnahme von Betreuung …
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Welfare Analysis of Fiscal Reforms: Does the Representation of the Family Decision Process Matter? Evidence for Germany
Laisney, François; Beninger, Denis; Beblo, Miriam - 2003
compound procedure of estimation and calibration based on the 1998 wave of the German socioeconomic panel. We estimate a … estimation of collective models with taxation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297331
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Alternative Approaches to Discrete Working Time Choice in an AGE Framework
Arntz, Melanie; Boeters, Stefan; Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2005
We compare two options of integrating discrete working time choice of heterogenous households into a general equilibrium model. The first, known from the literature, produces household heterogeneity through a working time preference parameter. We contrast this with a model that directly...
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The Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT) in Germany: Evidence from a Quasi Experiment
Spermann, Alexander; Strotmann, Harald - 2005
We report empirical evidence from the first field experiments to be conducted in Germany with program and control groups between 1999 and 2002. The evaluated program called ?Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT)? is a time-restricted employee subsidy for means-tested welfare recipients. We focus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297479
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Do hours restrictions matter? A discrete family labor supply model with endogenous wages and hours restrictions
Wolf, Elke - 1998
The labor supply of West German married and cohabiting couples is analyzed using a discrete choice model. Following van Soest (1995), the labor supply decision is based on a household utility function which is determined by the leisure of the two spouses and net household income. Furthermore,...
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Loosening hours constraints on the supply of labor: what if Germans had a Dutch labor market?
Wolf, Elke - 2000
faced the same hours flexibility as Dutch employees. This holds both for men and for women. Another piece of good news is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297718
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Female labor force participation and the big five
Wichert, Laura; Pohlmeier, Winfried - 2010
This paper investigates the relationship between personality traits and female labor force participation. While research on the role of cognitive skills for individual labor market success has a long tradition in economics, comparatively little is known about the channels through which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299928
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Employment of Mothers After Childbirth: French-German Comparison
Weber, Andrea Maria; Lauer, Charlotte - 2003
This paper compares the work attachment of French and German women after childbirth. Both fertility and employment of … not be representative for all women, we take account of selectivity by explicitly modelling the childbirth decision of … women. Furthermore, it proved essential to distinguish between part-time and full-time employment. Background …
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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...
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Asymmetries and interdependencies in time use between Italian parents
Mancini, Anna Laura; Pasqua, Silvia - 2011
involved in childcare and rearing in 2002 than in 1988. In general, as women's work time increased, substitutes for their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304321