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Parasites and raven mothers : a German-Japanese comparison on (lone) motherhood
Klabunde, Anna; Korn, Evelyn - 2010
Having a child out of wedlock used to be associated with shame and scorn. This is mostly not the case anymore in the … western world. Therefore, freed from social sanctions, single motherhood has become an additional family-choice alternative … countries. We compare the institutional frame, in particular labor-market characteristics and family law, in Germany and Japan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008933296
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Do alimony regulations matter inside marriage? : evidence from the 2008 reform of the German maintenance law
Schaubert, Marianna - 2018
This study investigates how West German spouses have responded by adjusting their time allocation to the alimony reform introduced in 2008. This reform imposed financial self-responsibility after a finalized divorce. It weakened the relative bargaining position of the spouse with a claim for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011802026
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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 … child support obligations decreases the likelihood of having an additional child by about 0.39 percentage points (about 3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106101
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Wirkungen des Elterngeldes auf die Fertilität: zum Stand der Kenntnis
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 83 (2014) 1, pp. 145-162
Die vorliegende Studie stellt den aktuellen Stand der Forschung zu Wirkungen des Elterngeldes auf das Geburtenverhalten vor. Zunächst werden die ökonomischen Anreize des Elterngeldes und deren potenzielle Wirkungen auf die Fertilität aus theoretischer Sicht analysiert. Danach werden...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288438
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Parental Leave Benefit and Differential Fertility Responses: Evidence from a German Reform
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 unanticipated reform of 2007 to assess how a move from a means-tested to an earnings-related benefit affects higher-order births. By using data from the Mikrozensus, I find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307065
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Parasites and Raven Mothers: A German-Japanese Comparison on (Lone) Motherhood
Klabunde, Anna; Korn, Evelyn - 2010
Having a child out of wedlock used to be associated with shame and scorn. This is mostly not the case anymore in the … western world. Therefore, freed from social sanctions, single motherhood has become an additional family-choice alternative … countries. We compare the institutional frame, in particular labor-market characteristics and family law, in Germany and Japan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273562
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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 use the unanticipated reform in 2007 to assess how a move from a means-tested to an earnings-related benefit affects higher-order births. By using the German Mikrozensus 2010, I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010378292
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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 unanticipated reform of 2007 to assess how a move from a means-tested to an earnings-related benefit affects higher-order births. By using data from the Mikrozensus, I find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011280834
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Wirkungen des Elterngeldes auf die Fertilität : zum Stand der Kenntnis
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 83 (2014) 1, pp. 145-162
Die vorliegende Studie stellt den aktuellen Stand der Forschung zu Wirkungen des Elterngeldes auf das Geburtenverhalten vor. Zunächst werden die ökonomischen Anreize des Elterngeldes und deren potenzielle Wirkungen auf die Fertilität aus theoretischer Sicht analysiert. Danach werden...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010382812
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Earnings-dependent parental leave benefit and fertility : evidence from Germany ; conference paper
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - 2013
2010. I find that the reform reduced the probability of having a further child in the first three years after birth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337838