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Do immigrants follow their home country's fertility norms?
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - 2013
This paper focuses on the role of home country's birth rates in shaping immigrants' fertility. We use the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) to study completed fertility of first generation immigrants who arrived from different countries and at different times. We find that women from countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009738164
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Immigrant fertility in Germany : the role of culture
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - 2014
Deutschland zum Zeitpunkt der Migration verwendet. Die Schätzergebnisse eines linearen Fixed-Effects-Ansatzes zeigen, dass … Fertilitätskultur einen signifikanten Anteil der Fertilitätsunterschiede zwischen Einheimischen und Migranten erklärt und positiv mit …, welche besagt, dass die kulturelle Prägung des Ursprungslandes das Verhalten von Migranten dauerhaft beeinflusst. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462147
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Between here and there : immigrant fertility patterns in Germany
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - 2011
This paper focuses on the role of the home country's birth rates in shaping immigrant fertility. We use the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) to study completed fertility of first generation immigrants who arrived from different countries and at different time. We apply generalized Poisson...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009375762
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More schooling, more children : compulsory schooling reforms and fertility in Europe
Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2011
We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in Europe as source of exogenous variation in education. Using data from 8 European countries, we assess the causal effect of education on the number of biological kids and the incidence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009685478
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The effect of prenatal maternity leave on short and long-term child outcomes
Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin; Schneeweis, Nicole - 2018
Maternity leave policies are designed to safeguard the health of pregnant workers and their unborn children. However, little is known about the impact of existing policies, which are not evidence-based. We evaluate a maternity leave extension in Austria, which increased mandatory leave from 6 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011993689
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Parental leave, (in)formal childcare and long-term child outcomes
Danzer, Natalia; Halla, Martin; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - 2017
We provide a novel interpretation of the estimated treatment effects from evaluations of parental leave reforms. Accounting for the counterfactual mode of care is crucial in the analysis of child outcomes and potential mediators. We evaluate a large and generous parental leave extension in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011659414
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Parental leave, (in)formal childcare and long-term child outcomes
Danzer, Natalia; Halla, Martin; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - 2017
We provide a novel interpretation of the estimated treatment effects from evaluations of parental leave reforms. Accounting for the counterfactual mode of care is crucial in the analysis of child outcomes and potential mediators. We evaluate a large and generous parental leave extension in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011664516
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Parentale leave, (in)formal childcare and long-term child outcomes
Danzer, Natalia; Halla, Martin; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011684915
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The effect of prenatal maternity leave on short and long-term child outcomes
Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin; Schneeweis, Nicole - 2018
Maternity leave policies are presumed to be essential to ensure the health of pregnant workers and their unborn children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not evidence-based. We evaluate a substantial maternity leave...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807504
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The effect of prenatal maternity leave on short and long-term child outcomes
Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin; Schneeweis, Nicole - 2018
Maternity leave policies are presumed to be essential to ensure the health of pregnant workers and their unborn children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not evidence-based. We evaluate a substantial maternity leave...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011814782