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Die institutionelle Betreuung von Kindern im Grundschulalter erfolgt in Deutschland im Zusammenspiel von …The institutional care of children of primary school age in Germany takes places in the interplay of compulsory school …
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We estimate the effect of age at preschool entrance on crucial noncognitive skills in theyear before school starts. Using an instrumental variable approach and exploiting cut-offdates for the time at preschool entrance we find that children entering preschool earlierin life have better...
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) in Germany on fertility. I start with a brief discussion of the economic incentives of the reform and their potential … effects are stronger in the former East Germany than in the West. Finally, I discuss some policy implications. …
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This paper examines the causal effects of a major change in the German parental leave benefits on fertility. I use the unanticipated reform of 2007 to assess how a move from a means-tested to an earnings-related benefit affects higher-order births. By using data from the Mikrozensus, I find that...
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countries. We compare the institutional frame, in particular labor-market characteristics and family law, in Germany and Japan …-earner) family system until the second half of the 20th century. Now we can observe that social changes that happened in Germany … fertility rates that resulted in Germany can be transfered to Japan. …
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not display any catch-up effects. I also find a substantial heterogeneity inWest and East Germany. Because the reform …
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Development in early childhood predicts schooling and labor market outcomes in adulthood. In this paper we use a fixed effects identification strategy to assess how differences in the quality of child care affect the communication, fine motor, and problem solving skills of infants and toddlers....
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El desarrollo en la primera infancia predice lo que serán los resultados en la escolaridad y el mercado laboral en la edad adulta. En este documento usamos una estrategia de identificación de efectos fijos para evaluar el modo en que las diferencias en la calidad de los jardines de cuidado...
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Die Ganztagsbetreuung von Grundschulkindern ist in Deutschland regional sehr unterschiedlich organisiert. So erfolgt …The organisation of all-day care for primary school children varies greatly from region to region in Germany. In most …
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Fueled by new evidence, there has been renewed interest about the effects of birth order on human capital accumulation. The underlying causal mechanisms for such effects remain unsettled. We consider a model in which parents impose more stringent disciplinary environments in response to their...
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