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Die von wirtschaftlichen Umbrüchen geprägten Jahre nach der Wiedervereinigung waren für viele Ostdeutsche mit zunehmender Unsicherheit verbunden, während die Veränderungen in Westdeutschland weitaus weniger gravierend waren. In der Folge kam es in den 90er Jahren zu einem massiven Rückgang...
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mothers' gainful employment of up to two percentage points in the short term. The share of younger children in state … skills of children aged two to three and the socio-emotional behavior of elementary school students from families with a low …
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positive labor market growth than to demographic change: the drop in youth employment is primarily a result of the declining … particularly high. These young people run the risk of being permanently trapped in a precarious situation. Employment and training …
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Very little is known about gender wage disparities in Kosovo and, to date, nothing is known about how such wage disparities evolve over time, particularly during the first few years spent by young workers in the labor market. More generally, not much is known about gender wage gaps in early...
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die Entwicklung der Kinder kann beeinflusst werden, wenn die Mutter ihren Job verliert. Eine Untersuchung des DIW Berlin …, sind sozio-emotional auffälliger als Kinder, deren Müttern dies nicht widerfahren ist. Ähnliches trifft auf Jugendliche zu … indeed the case as far as non-cognitive skills such as social behavior are concerned: pre-school children whose mothers have …
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This paper investigates the gender-selection decisions of immigrants in the United Kingdom, using data from the 1971–2006 General Household Survey. We examine sex-selection in the UK among immigrant families and the gender composition of previous births, conditional on socio-economic...
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Anreize für Eltern geschaffen, die Elternzeit untereinander aufzuteilen. Nachdem frühere Reformen des Erziehungsgeldes oder …
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We introduce social capital accumulation into a neoclassical model, showing how it differs from physical and human capital accumulation. We take the view that social capital is crucial to the enjoyment of socially provided goods and that it is mainly accumulated by means of participation to...
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In Germany, the number of women in relationships who are in gainful employment is on the rise. According to recent … for this development is the increasing shift of women out of unemployment and into part-time and marginal employment …, particularly in western Germany. In eastern Germany, where female employment and working hours have long been higher than in the …
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We explore the relationship between relative physical attractiveness in the household and the hours worked by married men and women. Using PSID data, we find that husbands who are thinner relative to their wives work fewer hours, while wives who are heavier relative to their husbands work more...
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