Der Koalitionsvertrag, den CDU, CSU und SPD Ende November 2013 veröffentlich haben, enthält im Hinblick auf die wirtschaftliche und soziale Entwicklung viele konkrete und ehrgeizige Ziele: So sollen die Investitionsausgaben steigen, die Einkommenssituation ausgewählter Gruppen von Rentnern...

Since the millennium, the labor market participation of women and mothers is increasing across European countries. Several work/care policy measures underlie this evolution. At the same time, the labor market behavior of men and fathers, as well as their involvement in care work, is relatively...

Expanding public or publicly subsidized childcare has been a top social policy priority in many industrialized countries. It is supposed to increase fertility, promote children's development and enhance mothers' labor market attachment. In this paper, we analyze the causal effect of one of the...

Die starken Einschränkungen des Kita- und Schulbetriebs infolge der Corona-Pandemie stellen in Deutschland mehr als vier Millionen Familien mit erwerbstätigen Eltern vor große Probleme, was die Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie angeht. Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) aus...

We apply a structural model of mothers’ labor supply and child care choices to evaluate the effects of two child care reforms in Germany that were introduced simultaneously. A legal claim to subsidized child care became effective for children aged 1 year or older. Moreover, a new child care...

The paper extends a static discrete-choice labor supply model by adding participation and hours constraints. We identify restrictions by survey information on the eligibility and search activities of individuals as well as actual and desired hours. This provides for a more robust identification...

The paper extends a static discrete-choice labor supply model by adding participation and hours constraints. We identify restrictions by survey information on the eligibility and search activities of individuals as well as actual and desired hours. This provides for a more robust identification...

This paper analyzes the question why desired and actual sharing of market work and family duties among parents with young children in Germany fall apart. Potential explanations include financial incentives favoring the single-earner model, as well as constraints in choosing working hours due to...