mothers in reunified Germany, 1992-2009. During this time, East and West Germany share similar family policies, yet, the … regions differ markedly with regard to cultural orientations towards working mothers. Our comparison therefore allows drawing … mothers who were born and raised in the east, but had their first child after moving to the west provide us with key insights …

provider role and women staying at home and taking care of children. The employment of mothers was not a common practice, so … there are solid employment patterns of mothers, which change across cohorts for instance resulting in more part time …

We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers …. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences … differences in the employment behavior of East and West German mothers. German family policy sets incentives particularly for low …

This paper analyzes the mobility of low income mothers in Australia between two groups of governmental transfer … Data Set (LDS), a sample of fortnightly administrative records of welfare payments in Australia. We find that both state … dependence and unobserved heterogeneity play significant roles. We also find that single mothers and females with partners on …

assessments. Mothers might react to having a poorly developing child by dropping out of the formal labor force in order to spend …