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What causes the child penalty? : evidence from same sex couples and policy reforms
Andresen, Martin Eckhoff; Nix, Emily - 2019
contribution due to the biological costs of giving birth. Second, we provide causal estimates on the impact of two family policies …Women experience significant reductions in labor market income following the birth of children, while their male …
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What drives paternity leave : financial incentives or flexibility?
Ziegler, Lennart; Bamieh, Omar - 2023
Despite changing gender norms, few fathers decide to take parental leave after the birth of a child, and when they do, their leave spells are substantially shorter compared to mothers. This study examines how paternal leave-taking is affected by two key features of leave policies: flexibility in...
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Does a flexible parental leave system stimulate maternal employment?
Ziegler, Lennart; Bamieh, Omar - 2023
This study examines the effect of two recent parental leave reforms in Austria that allow parents to choose leave schemes with varying duration. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find that the introduction of more flexible scheme choices led mothers to take, on average, 1-2 months less...
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The family working time model : toward more gender equality in work and care
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Neumann, Michael; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2016
burden with respect to gainful employment and providing care. We propose a family working time model that incentivizes … fathers and – contrary to most conventional family policies – actively promotes the dual earner/dual carer paradigm. Combining … microsimulation and labor supply estimation, we empirically analyze the potential of the family working time model in the German …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526058
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Change in the gender division of domestic work after mummy or daddy took leave : an examination of alternative explanations
Schober, Pia S.; Zoch, Gundula - 2015
’ division of housework and child care after postnatal labour market return in Germany. It explores whether take-up of child care …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391701
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Cracking under pressure? : gender role attitudes toward maternal employment in times of a pandemic
Danzer, Natalia; Huebener, Mathias; Pape, Astrid; … - 2021
employment in Germany. We compare women and men with dependent children to those without children one year after the outbreak of … toward maternal employment dropped substantially in 2021. This drop is observed for men in West Germany, who showed a steady …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012581461
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Cracking under pressure? : gender role attitudes toward maternal employment in times of a pandemic
Danzer, Natalia; Huebener, Mathias; Pape, Astrid; … - 2021
employment in Germany. We compare women and men with dependent children to those without children one year after the outbreak of … toward maternal employment dropped substantially in 2021. This drop is observed for men in West Germany, who showed a steady …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012543787
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Cracking under pressure? : gender role attitudes toward maternal employment in times of a pandemic
Danzer, Natalia; Huebener, Mathias; Pape, Astrid; … - 2021
employment in Germany. We compare women and men with dependent children to those without children one year after the outbreak of … toward maternal employment dropped substantially in 2021. This drop is observed for men in West Germany, who showed a steady …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012546985
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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 … availability under age 3, and preferences for within-family care lead to long absences from the labor market. In all countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011867856
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Work and family : marriage, children, child gender and the work hours and earnings of West German men
Choi, Hyung-Jai (contributor); Joesch, Jutta M. (contributor) - 2005
) relative to men who remain with male children. -- child gender ; fatherhood ; labor supply ; family …We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in …-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters -- a first son increases fathers' work hours by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003115147