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Parasites and Raven Mothers: A German-Japanese Comparison on (Lone) Motherhood
Klabunde, Anna; Korn, Evelyn - 2010
fertility rates that resulted in Germany can be transfered to Japan. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273562
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Parasites and Raven Mothers: A German-Japanese Comparison on (Lone) Motherhood
Klabunde, Anna; Korn, Evelyn - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2010
fertility rates that resulted in Germany can be transfered to Japan. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008641788
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Behavioral response of non-resident parents to child support obligations : evidence from SOEP
Schaubert, Marianna - 2018
The present paper investigates how parents responsible for child maintenance payments have re sponded to changes in the amount of obligations. The potential endogeneity of child support obligations is addressed by using SOEP panel data from 1985-2013 and applying individual FE-IV models. Results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106101
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Single motherhood in East and West Germany : what can explain the differences?
Jirjahn, Uwe; Struewing, Cornelia - 2015
The share of single mothers is higher in East Germany than in West Germany. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we examine two transmission channels leading to single motherhood, namely out-of-partnership births and separations of couples with minor children. Women in East Germany...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011305369
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Parental leave benefit and differential fertility responses : evidence from a German reform ; presented at CESifo Area Conference on Employment and Social Protection, May 2015
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - 2015
This paper examines the causal effects of a major change in the German parental leave benefits on fertility. I use the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011280834
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Earnings-dependent parental leave benefit and fertility : evidence from Germany ; conference paper
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - 2013
This paper examines the effects of a major change in German parental transfer system on fertility. I use the largely …-order fertility. Given the recent introduction, this paper evaluates short-run responses by using data from the German Microcensus …-run fertility responses are less pronounced and vary with potential earnings. The heterogeneity is in line with the structure of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337838
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Parental leave benefit and differential fertility responses : evidence from a German reform
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - 2013
This paper examines the causal effects of a major change in the German parental leave benefit scheme on fertility. I …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010191933
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Children of a (policy) revolution : the introduction of universal child care and its effect on fertility
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Hener, Timo; Rainer, Helmut - 2014
What role does affordable and widely available public child care play for fertility? We exploit a major German reform … fertility. The fertility effects are more pronounced at the intensive than at the extensive margin, and are not driven by tempo … effects or selective migration. Our findings inform policy makers concerned about suboptimally low fertility by suggesting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010347342
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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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Women's fertility and employment decisions under two political systems : comparing East and West Germany before reunification
Bredtmann, Julia; Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra - 2009
Over the last decades fertility rates have decreased in most developed countries, while female labour force … participation has increased strongly over the same time period. To shed light on the relationship between women's fertility and … drawing conclusions about the relevance of institutional factors for fertility and employment decisions. Our results suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003901024