findings by considering the countervailing consequences of paternal incarceration for both fathers’ and mothers’ parenting …, we find that recent paternal incarceration sharply diminishes the quality of biological fathers’ parenting, especially … for residential fathers. Furthermore, virtually all of this association can be explained by changes in fathers …

We applyGermanMikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers … substantial differences in the employment behavior of East andWest German mothers. German family policy sets incentives … particularly for low income mothers not to return to the labor market after birth. East German mothers’ employment outcomes matches …

-order births in the first three years. Overall, mothers initially reduce childbearing, thereby extending their birth spacing, but … eventually fully compensate for the earlier losses. The negative effects are largely driven by lowest-income mothers who also do … aimed at parents with strong labor market attachment, the positive effects in the East suggest that the economic incentives …

The aim of this study is the identification of socio-economic and workplacerelated determinants of the fathers' use of … a strong paradigm shift in German family policy and led to a strong increase in the share of leaves taken by fathers … positive influence of the female partner's employment status and income as well as of variables that are related to the job …

work and family, and policies designed to improve childcare choices for parents, are indeed popular; however, in terms of …

impact of short parental leave on mothers' employment status and subsequent wages, with a special focus on the part … wages of first mothers at the global level. However, for part-time paid leave takers, the reform increases the employment …

erstmals zentrale Instrumente der deutschen Familienpolitik systematisch und umfassend evaluiert. Dabei wurden folgende …