This paper investigates whether the effects of children on the labor market outcomes of women relative to men -- child penalties -- are shaped by the work behavior of peers' parents during adolescence. Leveraging quasi-random variation in the fraction of peers with working parents across cohorts...

Die Entstehung dieses Arbeitspapiers ist angestoßen worden durch die Veröffentlichung des Beitrags "Hire and Fire. Ist der amerikanische Arbeitsmarkt ein Vorbild für Deutschland?" von Wolfgang Streeck. Hierin unternimmt Streeck den Versuch einer Generalabrechnung mit der deutschen...

One of the arguments increasingly made to support large minimum wage increases is that they decrease wage or earnings gaps for minorities or women (e.g., Derenoncourt and Montialoux, 2021). The argument is often made with particular reference to higher tipped minimum wages for restaurant...