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Single motherhood in East and West Germany : what can explain the differences?

Jirjahn, Uwe; Struewing, Cornelia - 2015

The share of single mothers is higher in East Germany than in West Germany. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel … of couples with minor children. Women in East Germany have both a higher probability of out-of-partnership birth and a … East and West Germany. The differences in single motherhood appear to be rather driven by cultural and economic factors. …

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Mass weddings, baby boom and full employment? : Nazi Germany's 1933 marriage loan and its efficacy in theory and practice

Somcutean, Cristina - In: Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte 63 (2022) 1, pp. 267-301

In 1933, the German government introduced the marriage loan for newlyweds, a policy aimed at increasing marriages and births as well as male employment, which entailed a work ban for the wife and sizeable credit deductions for children. This paper illustrates that the policy was rather...

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Career breaks after childbirth : the impact of family leave reforms in the Czech Republic

Bičáková, Alena; Kalíčková, Klára - 2016

The Czech Republic is a country with a strong attachment of women to the labor market, but with one of the longest paid family leaves, which is often followed by a spell of unemployment. Using a difference-in-differences methodology, we study the impact of two reforms of the duration of the...

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The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic recession on less educated women's human capital : some projections

Drozd, Mark; Moffitt, Robert A.; Zhao, Xinyu - 2023

The recession induced by the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in major declines in employment of women, both from the demand side as firms reduced employment and from the supply side resulting from school closures and the closing of many child care facilities. We provide projections of possible...

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Economic crises and the added worker effect in the Turkish labor market

Değirmenci, Serkan; Ilkkaracan, İpek - 2013

Turkish economic growth has been characterized by periodic crises since financial liberalization reforms were enacted in the early 1990s. Given the phenomenally low female labor force participation rate in Turkey (one of the lowest in the world) and the limited scope of the country's...

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Economic Crises and the Added Worker Effect in the Turkish Labor Market

Degirmenci, Serkan; Ilkkaracan, Ipek - 2013

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Job loss and household labor supply adjustments in developing countries : evidence from Argentina

Ciaschi, Matías; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2022

Using longitudinal data for Argentina, we estimate the labor supply reaction of spouses and children to their husband's or father's job loss. Our findings show that job loss by the household head has a positive and significant impact on the labor supply of other household members. However, it...

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Is there a desired added worker effect? : evidence from involuntary job losses

Beckmannshagen, Mattis; Glaubitz, Rick - 2023

Existing research has found little to no evidence for an added worker effect. However, studies to date have only analysed individuals' actual labor supply responses to their partners' job loss, neglecting to consider a potential mismatch between desired and actual labor supply adjustments. Using...

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Demographic and economic factors of labour supply : long-term projections and policy options for France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom

Ivanov, Serguey - In: Vienna yearbook of population research (2009), pp. 83-122

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Essays in empirical labor and demographic economics

Reich, Patrick - 2021

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