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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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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/10014201041
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Child Care Subsidies, Wages, and Employment of Single Mothers
Tekin, Erdal - 2002
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of employment and child care payment decisions of single mothers in the early post-welfare reform environment, using data from the National Survey of America?s Families (NSAF). I develop and estimate a model that examines the effects of the price of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262726
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Child care subsidies, wages, and employment of single mothers
Tekin, Erdal - 2002
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of employment and child care payment decisions of single mothers in the early post-welfare reform environment, using data from the National Survey of America's Families (NSAF). I develop and estimate a model that examines the effects of the price of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411860
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Child Care Subsidies, Wages, and Employment of Single Mothers
Tekin, Erdal - 2021
This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of employment and child care payment decisions of single mothers in the early post-welfare reform environment, using data from the National Survey of America's Families (NSAF). I develop and estimate a model that examines the effects of the price of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320487
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Self-Employment and Caring for Children in Europe
Williams, Donald R.; Hildebrand, Vincent A. - 2010
Using data unique to the European Community Household Panel survey (ECHP), we examine the hypothesis that self-employed workers spend more time caring for children than do those in other forms of employment. Focusing on ten western European countries, our results provide little support for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014070244
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Effects of Child-Care Activities on the Duration of Self-Employment in Europe
Williams, Donald R. - 2010
This paper examines the determinants of success in self-employment, with a focus on the effects of the time spent caring for children. Many public policies are designed to encourage self-employment, especially among women. In addition, it has been argued that one of the reasons individuals, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014070246
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The impact of alternative childcare policies on mothers' employment in selected EU countries
Narazani, Edlira; Agúndez García, Ana; Christl, Michael; … - 2023
This paper contributes to the debate on the revision of the Barcelona targets on childcare, as promoted by the European Commission in 2022, that aims to provide childcare for children below the age of 3. Using EUROLAB, a structural model of labour supply that can also accounts for labour demand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013541979
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The impact of alternative childcare policies on mothers' employment for selected EU countries
Narazani, Edlira; García, Ana Agúndez; Christl, Michael; … - 2022
The Barcelona targets on childcare help increase women's labour-market participation and close the gender employment gap by enhancing the provision of early childhood education and care. To contribute to the debate on the revision of the targets, this paper estimates the impact on labour par-...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013375326
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Immigrant labor and work-family decisions of native-born women : as immigration lowers childcare and housework costs, nativie-born women alter their work and fertility decisions
Furtado, Delia - 2015
particularly relevant to policies for dealing with the gender pay gap and below-replacement fertility rates, both thought to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430557