Germany is characterised by large gender gaps in the labour market. Both the gender pay gap as well as the gender gap in working hours are among the highest in Europe. Family policy reforms such as increasing the parental leave period that is ear-marked for fathers as well as reducing the high...

Das 2013 eingeführte Betreuungsgeld wurde im April 2015 von Bundesverfassungsgericht auf seine Rechtsmäßigkeit geprüft. Ein Urteil wird im Sommer 2015 erwartet. Nach Ansicht von Klaus Hurrelmann, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, ist das Betreuungsgeld ein Rückfall der Familienpolitik in...

Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are much higher among Austrian mothers. In order to find out to what extent these differences can be attributed to differences in the tax transfer-system, we perform a comparative...

Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are much higher among Austrian mothers. In order to find out to what extent these differences can be attributed to differences in the tax transfer system, we perform a comparative...

Ein Vergleich der Umverteilungswirkungen der steuerlichen Familienförderung in Deutschland und Frankreich auf Basis von Mikrodaten zeigt, dass die Umverteilung in Deutschland eine größere Dimension hat als in Frankreich. Dies gilt sowohl für die Umverteilung zwischen Haushalten...

Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are much higher among Austrian mothers. In order to find out to what extent these differences can be attributed to differences in the tax transfer-system, we perform a comparative...

In this paper we develop a structural model of female employment and fertility which accounts for intertemporal feedback effects between the two outcomes. We identify the effect of financial incentives on the employment and fertility decision by exploiting variation in the tax and transfer...