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Do Couples Bargain over Fertility? New Evidence Based on Child Preference Data

Hener, Timo - 2010

couples also bargain over fertility. In contrast to earlier tests of bargaining models, our empirical approach makes use of … for fertility decisions. Our results also indicate that couples are not able to fully commit to household resource … that the effect of child benefits on fertility could be enhanced by directing transfers to women. …

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Does the Right to Work Part-Time Affect Mothers' Labor Market Outcomes?

Paule-Paludkiewicz, Hannah - 2020

higher-order fertility. I use a differences-in-differences design to investigate the introduction of a German law in 2001 …

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Two-Stage Least Squares Random Forests with a Replication of Angrist and Evans (1998)

Kugler, Philipp; Biewen, Martin - 2020

We develop the case of two-stage least squares estimation (2SLS) in the general framework of Athey et al. (Generalized Random Forests, Annals of Statistics, Vol. 47, 2019) and provide a software implementation for R and C++. We use the method to revisit the classic application of instrumental...

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Earnings-Dependent Parental Leave Benefit and Fertility: Evidence from Germany

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 …

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The Effect of Early Universal Daycare on Child Weight Problems

Lauber, Verena; Thomas, Lampert - 2014

As the number of young children in daycare increases, people start to worry about the effect of early non-parental care. This is of special relevance as investments in the early periods of life are shown to be most important for a child's long term development. Based on the German national...

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Parental Benefits and Mothers Labor Market Outcomes in the Medium Run

Schmitz, Sebastian; Kluve, Jochen - 2014

Increasing mothers labor supply is a key policy challenge in many OECD countries. Germany recently introduced a generous parental benefit that allows for strong consumption smooth- ing after childbirth and, by taking into account opportunity costs of childbearing, incentivizes working women to...

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Effects of Early Childhood Intervention on Maternal Employment, Fertility and Well-Being: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Sandner, Malte - 2015

subsequent births. The program s effect on fertility can be explained by higher maternal life satisfaction and well-being in the … studies from the United States, where home visiting programs increased employment and decreased fertility. …

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Moving to an earnings-related parental leave system do heterogeneous effects on parents make some children worse off?

Huber, Katrin - 2015

Can moving to an earnings-related parental leave system influence children s well-being and are heterogeneous effects on parents carried over to the entire family, making special groups of children worse off than others? To answer this question, this study exploits a large and unanticipated...

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The Effects of Free Childcare on Labor Supply and Children

Busse, Anna; Gathmann, Christina - 2015

Many governments have introduced generous childcare subsidies to allow all children access to early childhood education. The effects of these costly programs are however still debated. In this paper, we use the introduction of free public childcare in several states in Germany to analyze its...

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Citizenship and the Social Integration of Immigrants: Evidence from Germany's Immigration Reforms

Keller, Nicolas; Gathmann, Christina; Monscheuer, Ole - 2015

We study whether the option to naturalize improves social and cultural integration of immigrants in the host country. The empirical analysis relies on two immigration reforms in Germany, a country with a traditionally weak record of immigrant integration both in terms of labor market performance...

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