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The motherhood penalty in cross-national perspective: The importance of work-family policies and cultural attitudes
Budig, Michelle; Misra, Joya; Böckmann, Irene - 2010
Mothers' employment and earnings partly depend on social policies and cultural norms supporting work-family balance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335376
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Work-family policies and the effects of children on women's: Employment and earnings
Misra, Joya; Budig, Michelle; Böckmann, Irene - 2010
Welfare state generosity around work-family policies appears to have somewhat contradictory effects, at least for some measures of gender equality. In particular, it appears that as work-family policies, in encouraging higher levels of women's labor market participation, have also contributed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335491
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Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in Selected OECD Countries
Kamerman, Sheila B. - In: CESifo DICE Report 01 (2003) 4, pp. 19-24
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696451
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Women's opportunities under different constellations of family policies in western countries: Inequality tradeoffs re-examined
Korpi, Walter; Ferrarini, Tommy; Englund, Stefan - 2010
Women's rising labor force participation since the 1960's was long seen as heralding decreasing gender inequalities. According to influential social science writings this view has now to be revised; 'women friendly' policies bringing women into the workforce are held to create major inequality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335384
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Why Are Mothers Working Longer Hours in Austria than in Germany? A Comparative Micro Simulation Analysis
Dearing, Helene; Hofer, Helmut; Lietz, Christine; … - 2007
Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are … much higher among Austrian mothers. In order to find out to what extent these differences can be attributed to differences …, differences in mothers? employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260923
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Why are mothers working longer hours in Austria than in Germany? A comparative micro simulation analysis
Dearing, Helene; Hofer, Helmut; Lietz, Christine; … - 2007
Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are … much higher among Austrian mothers. In order to find out to what extent these differences can be attributed to differences …, differences in mothers' employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293998
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Why are mothers working longer hours in Austria than in Germany? A comparative micro simulation analysis
Dearing, Helene; Hofer, Helmut; Lietz, Christine; … - 2007
Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are … much higher among Austrian mothers. In order to find out to what extent these differences can be attributed to differences …, differences in mothers' employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294601
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Family Policy in Austria in Comparison: How to Reach Sustainability?
Biffl, Gudrun - 2008
Family policy is getting increasing public policy attention in the EU as a result of population ageing and the challenge of the sustainability of economic growth. It is being recognised that a sustainable rise in the fertility rate is needed in order to put a break on population ageing....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435265
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Family policies, women's earnings, and between-household inequality: Trends in 18 OECD countries from 1981 to 2005
Nieuwenhuis, Rense; Need, Ariana; van der Kolk, Henk - 2013
This paper examines to what extent family policies have affected earnings inequality within and between coupled households. Previous studies had found cross-country variation in the degree to which women's earnings attenuate earnings inequality between households. In this paper we explain this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335378
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Taxing childcare: Effects on family labor supply and children
Gathmann, Christina; Sass, Björn - 2012
Previous studies report a wide range of estimates for how female labor supply responds to childcare prices. We shed new light on this question using a reform that raised the prices of public daycare. Parents respond by reducing public daycare and increasing childcare at home. Parents also reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282633