This study investigates the employment and childcare use behaviour of migrant and non-migrant mothers in Germany. We … identify significant associations between migration background and employment probability, working hours, and childcare usage … probability under control of human capital, household, milieu, and macro factors. We correct for self-selection in employment and …

This study investigates the employment and childcare use behaviour of migrant and non-migrant mothers in Germany. We … identify significant associations between migration background and employment probability, working hours, and childcare usage … probability under control of human capital, household, milieu, and macro factors. We correct for self-selection in employment and …

Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are …, differences in mothers' employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of … joint taxation with income splitting for married couples, Austria taxes everyone individually, which leads to lower marginal …

For the last two decades, the increase of employment among cohorts of individuals aged 50+ has been a policy objective … on the European employment agenda. The present paper takes stock of the situation as observed in Belgium over the time … period 1997-2011. First, we provide analysis on the evolution of older workers' employment in Belgium and its neighboring …

Despite the increasing occurrence of part-time employment in Germany, the effects on wage rates are rarely studied. I … experience in part-time employment generates no positive returns, implying that reduced working hours do not only cause short …

differentials of part-time jobs, the model with endogenous wages predicts lower part-time employment than the standard neoclassical …