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Where to work? Gender differences in labor market outcomes during economic crisis
Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N.; Landon-Lane, John - 2011
In Central and Eastern European women started the process of transition from socialist to market economies with a status quo that differed markedly from women in both developed western and traditional developing economies. They enjoyed an equal or higher level of education than men, virtually no...
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Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce? Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using unique newly …
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Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce? Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using unique newly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291425
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Alternative approaches to evaluation in empirical microeconomics
Blundell, Richard W.; Dias, Monica Costa - 2002
Four alternative but related approaches to empirical evaluation of policy interventions are studied: social experiments, natural experiments, matching methods, and instrumental variables. In each case the necessary assumptions and the data requirements are considered for estimation of a number...
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Between familial imprinting and institutional regulation: Family related employment interruptions of women in Germany before and after the German reunification
Drasch, Katrin - 2012
In this paper, I examine how family related employment interruptions for women in the FRG (Federal Republic of Germany … in East and West Germany are found to exist with respect to family related employment interruptions. These interruptions …
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Ostdeutsche, westdeutsche und ost-west-mobile Mütter im Vergleich
Grunow, Daniela; Müller, Dana - 2012
Ostdeutschland aufgewachsen sind, finden wir Hinweise auf sozialisationsbedingte Gemeinsamkeiten, die erst nach Kontrolle … mothers in reunified Germany, 1992-2009. During this time, East and West Germany share similar family policies, yet, the … mothers have lived in western Germany prior to the birth of their first child, the more similar they behave to West German …
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Das Wachstum der Zukunft ist weiblich
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2012
Um den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt demografiefest zu machen, bedarf es einer stärkeren Aktivierung des Potenzials weiblicher Erwerbspersonen bei gleichzeitiger Steigerung der Geburtenrate. Der vorliegende Beitrag zeigt Handlungsoptionen zur Lösung dieser beiden zentralen Zukunftsaufgaben auf und...
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The Introduction of a Short-Term Earnings-Related Parental Leave Benefit System and Differential Employment Effects
Bergemann, Annette; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2010
German family policy underwent a reform in 2007, when the new instrument of "Elterngeld" replaced the previous "Erziehungsgeld". The transfer programs differ in various dimensions. We study the effects on the labor supply of young mothers, by comparing behavior before and after the reform. We...
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Does a Better Job Match Make Women Happier? Work Orientations, Work-Care Choices and Subjective Well-Being in Germany
Muffels, Ruud; Kemperman, Bauke - 2011
The study examines the effects of work orientations and work-leisure choices alongside the effect of genes or personality traits on subjective well-being (SWB). The former effects are assumed to be mediated by the match between women's preferred and actual number of working hours indicating...
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Vollzeitbeschäftigte wollen kürzere, Teilzeitbeschäftigte längere Arbeitszeiten
Holst, Elke - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 25, pp. 409-415
. Insgesamt haben sich die Arbeitszeiten der abhängig beschäftigten Frauen und Männer in West- und Ostdeutschland angenähert …, jedoch nicht die Arbeitszeitwünsche der Frauen. Diese liegen in Ostdeutschland nach wie vor deutlich über jenen in … Westdeutschland. Am stärksten treten die Unterschiede bei den teilzeitbeschäftigten Frauen hervor. In Ostdeutschland wird diese …
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