Eine Studie des ifo Instituts zeigt, dass der staatliche Ausbau von Krippenplätzen einen positiven Effekt auf die Anzahl der Geburten hat. Ein Anstieg der Betreuungsquote um 10 Prozentpunkte lässt die Anzahl der Geburten pro 1 000 Frauen um 1,2 steigen, dies entspricht einem Anstieg der...

Eine Studie des ifo Instituts zeigt, dass der staatliche Ausbau von Krippenplätzen einen positiven Effekt auf die Anzahl der Geburten hat. Ein Anstieg der Betreuungsquote um 10 Prozentpunkte lässt die Anzahl der Geburten pro 1 000 Frauen um 1,2 steigen, dies entspricht einem Anstieg der...

Some sociologists argue that non-intact family structures during childhood have a negative effect on adult children's civic engagement, since they undermine, and in some cases prevent, the processes and activities through which parents shape their children's political attitudes and orientations....

Over the last several decades, there has been a widespread decrease in civic engagement coinciding with a breakdown in traditional family structures in many countries throughout the developed world. According to Putnam in Bowling alone (2000), however, none of the major declines in civic...

In many parts of the developed world, governments devote a significant share of public funds to unconditional family cash transfers in an attempt to promote the economic well-being of households. But how successful are such policies? Germany has one of the world’s most generous child benefit...

Using Austrian and Danish administrative data, we examine the impacts of parenthood on mental health. Parenthood imposes a greater mental health burden on mothers than on fathers. It creates a long-run gender gap in antidepressant prescriptions of about 93.2% (Austria) and 64.8% (Denmark). These...