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A forgotten issue : distributional effects of day care subsidies in Germany
Kreyenfeld, Michaela; Spieß, C. Katharina; Wagner, Gert G. - 2000
In general child care subsidies are widely accepted as a means to create equal chances for mothers in the labour market as well as for children. Although there is a general consensus that the use of child care should be publicly supported, there is no consensus on how this should be done....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433776
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A forgotten issue : distributional effects of day care subsidies in Germany
Kreyenfeld, Michaela; Spieß, C. Katharina; Wagner, Gert G. - 2000
In general child care subsidies are widely accepted as a means to create equal chances for mothers in the labour market as well as for children. Although there is a general consensus that the use of child care should be publicly supported, there is no consensus on how this should be done....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339100
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European mothers' time with children : differences and similarities across nine countries
Joesch, Jutta M.; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2002
We use data from the 1996 wave of the European Community Household Panel to present and compare the weekly number of hours mothers of children less than 16 years of age reported looking after children in nine European countries in 1996. In addition, we explore to what extent cross-country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011436997
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Parental well-being in times of COVID-19 in Germany
Huebener, Mathias; Waights, Sevrin; Spieß, C. Katharina; … - 2020
We examine the differential effects of Covid-19 and related restrictions on individuals with dependent children in Germany. We specifically focus on the role of school and day care center closures, which may be regarded as a "disruptive exogenous shock" to family life. We make use of a novel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257963
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Does grandparenting pay off for the next generations? : intergenerational effects of grandparental care
Barschkett, Mara; Spieß, C. Katharina; Ziege, Elena - 2021
effects on parental satisfaction with the childcare situation and leisure. The effects for mothers correspond to an increase … of 11 percent in satisfaction with the childcare situation and 14 percent in satisfaction with leisure, compared to the … mean, although the results differ by child age. While the increase in paternal satisfaction with the childcare situation is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012651643
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Does grandparenting pay off for the next generations? : intergenerational effects of grandparental care
Barschkett, Mara; Spieß, C. Katharina; Ziege, Elena - 2021
effects on parental satisfaction with the childcare situation and leisure. The effects for mothers correspond to an increase … of 11 percent in satisfaction with the childcare situation and 14 percent in satisfaction with leisure, compared to the … mean, although the results differ by child age. While the increase in paternal satisfaction with the childcare situation is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012651659
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The effect of early childhood education and care services on the social integration of refugee families
Gambaro, Ludovica; Neidhöfer, Guido; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2019
Devising appropriate policy measures for the integration of refugees is high on the agenda of many governments. This paper focuses on the social integration of families seeking asylum in Germany between 2013 and 2016. Exploiting differences in services availability across counties as an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012116401
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How daycare quality shapes norms around daycare use and parental employment : experimental evidence from Germany
Philipp, Marie-Fleur; Büchau, Silke; Schober, Pia S.; … - 2024
Not only the quantity of formal daycare provision for young children, but also its quality has become an issue of political concern. This experimental study investigates how a hypothetical improvement in the quality of daycare facilities shapes normative judgements regarding daycare use and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014461538
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Cracking under pressure? : gender role attitudes toward maternal employment in times of a pandemic
Danzer, Natalia; Huebener, Mathias; Pape, Astrid; … - 2021
suggest that the pandemic not only affected the short-term allocation of housework and childcare, but also reversed recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012581461
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The effect of early childhood education and care services on the social integration of refugee families
Gambaro, Ludovica; Neidhöfer, Guido; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2020
Devising appropriate policy measures for the integration of refugees is high on the agenda of many governments. This paper focuses on the social integration of families seeking asylum in Germany between 2013 and 2016. Exploiting regional differences in early childhood education and care (ECEC)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012287972