The analysis in this paper provides estimates of family welfare losses generated by wage and nonlabor income declines experienced across the Great Recession and by labor market constraints existing postrecession. Welfare losses are greater as families (both married and single) move up the income...

Die staatliche Familienförderung unterstützt Familien stark bei den Kosten, die ihnen aufgrund der Konsumausgaben für ihre Kinder entstehen, und weniger bei den Kosten in Form entgangener Einkommen. Insbesondere Maßnahmen zur Vermeidung von Einkommensverlusten sind vergleichsweise gering...

This paper analyzes how statutory entitlements to maternity or parental leave affect female entry into self-employment after childbirth. For our estimations we use comprehensive panel data for German adults born between 1944 and 1989. We find that utilization of statutory parental leave...