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Economic Incentives and the Timing of Births : Evidence from the German Parental Benefit Reform 2007
Neugart, Michael; Ohlsson, Henry - 2009
Economic theory suggests that incentives matter for people's decisions. This paper investigates whether this also holds … government changed its parental benefit system January 1, 2007. The policy change strongly increased economic incentives for … women to postpone delivery to the new year provided that they were employed. The incentives for women not employed were not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014204807
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Sinkende Geburtenraten als Herausforderung für den Wohlfahrtsstaat : Lösungswege der Familien- und Arbeitsmarktpolitik im internationalen Vergleich
Groß, Thomas; Hardmeier, Sibylle - 2009
Die zentrale Stoßrichtung dieser Arbeit ist es, Wege für eine erfolgreiche Familienpolitik aufzuzeigen. Basierend auf …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805046
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Familienpolitische Regulierungen im internationalen Vergleich
Groß, Thomas - 2007
Die zentrale Stoßrichtung dieser Arbeit ist es, Wege für eine erfolgreiche Familienpolitik aufzuzeigen. Basierend auf …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003476560
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Sinkende Geburtenraten als Herausforderung für den Wohlfahrtsstaat : Lösungswege der Familien- und Arbeitsmarktpolitik im internationalen Vergleich
Groß, Thomas; Hardmeier, Sibylle - 2009
Die zentrale Stoßrichtung dieser Arbeit ist es, Wege für eine erfolgreiche Familienpolitik aufzuzeigen. Basierend auf …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003976743
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The impact of parental leave policy on child-rearing and employment behavior : the case of Germany
Chirkova, Serafima - In: IZA journal of labor policy 9 (2019) 1, pp. 1-27
was to decrease birth-related maternal employment breaks by providing more generous parental benefits for a shorter period … benefits to estimate the impact of the reform. I incorporated the mother’s decision to substitute her care time with the public … participation during the first year of leave and an increase in employment probability after the benefits expired. The empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012144891
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Reducing the child penalty by incentivizing maternal part-time work?
Baertsch, Laurenz; Sandner, Malte - 2024
Worldwide governments discuss how to increase maternal labor market participation and to reduce the child penalty, i.e. labor market earnings losses after child birth. This study analyses the long run effects of a German paid parental leave reform, which aims to increase maternal labour market...
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Return to work after childbirth : does parental leave matter in Europe?
Pronzato, Chiara Daniela - 2007
characteristics and fertility history from different countries and, consequently, under different parental leave regulations. Results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010239784
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Short-run fertility effects of parental leave benefits : evidence from a structural model
Stichnoth, Holger - 2014
Based on a structural model of fertility and female labour force supply with unobserved heterogeneity and state … dependence, we evaluate the 2007 reform of parental leave benefits in Germany, which replaced a flat, means-tested benefit by a … generous earnings-related transfer. The model predicts a short-term fertility effect of about 4%, which is consistent with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010416349
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Comparative analysis of the motherhood gap in employment and wages : the role of family policies and their interaction
Cukrowska-Torzewska, Ewa - 2016
The paper documents employment and wage gaps, which arise between mothers and childless women, for a set of 28 European countries. The role of family policies in explaining these inequalities is then examined by looking at a single policy as well as childcare and leave policies interaction. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451482
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The impact of parenthood on the gender wage gap : a comparative analysis of 26 European countries
Cukrowska-Torzewska, Ewa; Lovász, Anna - 2017
We use cross-national data on 26 EU countries to assess how much children and the responsibilities related to them contribute to the gender wage gap, and how institutional elements - especially family policies - affect this relationship. Our analysis is based on a decomposition that reveals what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011867856