We estimate a structural life-cycle model of fertility and female labour supply and use it to evaluate the effects of a number of key family policy measures based on data for Germany. Parental leave benefits, child benefits and subsidized childcare are found to have substantial fertility...

This article quantifies the monetary value of key family policy measures in Germany over the life cycle. The analysis is based on a dynamic microsimulation model that combines simulated life cycles for a base population from the 2009 wave of the German Socio-Economic Panel with a comprehensive...

This paper examines the impact of parental investments on the development of cognitive, mental and emotional skills during childhood using data from a longitudinal study, the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk, starting at birth. Our work offers three important innovations. First, we use...

Der "Sächsische Technologiebericht 2015" gibt einen umfangreichen Überblick über die technologische Leistungsfähigkeit des Freistaates Sachsen. Er beschreibt anhand von rd. 250 Indikatoren Stärken, Schwächen und die Entwicklung des Innovationsgeschehens im Freistaat in den letzten Jahren....

[Einleitung ...] Der Sächsische Technologiebericht 2018 wirft vor diesem Hintergrund einen breiten Blick auf die Faktoren, welche für die technologische und die wirtschaftliche Leistungsfähigkeit des Freistaates Sachsen von Bedeutung sind. Er beschreibt ausführlich die Entwicklung in den...

This paper examines the impact of parental investments on the development of cognitive, mental and emotional skills during childhood using data from a longitudinal study, the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk, starting at birth. Our work offers three important innovations. First, we use...