Ein Vergleich der Umverteilungswirkungen der steuerlichen Familienförderung in Deutschland und Frankreich auf Basis von Mikrodaten zeigt, dass die Umverteilung in Deutschland eine größere Dimension hat als in Frankreich. Dies gilt sowohl für die Umverteilung zwischen Haushalten...

Work and family life arrangements differed greatly between the east and west before German reunification in 1990. Since reunification, however, the employment rates of mothers with children requiring childcare have converged. This trend is accompanied by a growing approval of maternal...

The gender care gap, i.e., the difference between the amount of unpaid care work-such as childcare and housework-performed between men and women is comparatively high in Germany: Women take on much more unpaid care work than men. This gap increases consistently when starting a family. At the...