Die Corona-Pandemie verändert das Leben und den Alltag der Deutschen. In diesem Schwerpunktbericht der Mannheimer Corona-Studie richten wir den Blick auf die Arbeitswelt und darauf wie die Kinder in Deutschland betreut werden. Welche Auswirkungen auf Beruf und Erwerbstätigkeit sehen wir rund...

Although a large body of literature has argued that motherhood has a profound and longlasting negative effect on the employment and earnings of women, there is little evidence focusing on the post-communist region. This paper exploits the latest round of the EBRDWorld Bank Life in Transition...

We study the fertility effects of the 1997 Quebec Family Policy, which introduced universal childcare and simultaneously ended its newborn allowance. Using a 20% sample of Canadian tax returns, we find that the reform reduced overall fertility at the intensive margin but had varying impacts by...