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Earnings-dependent parental leave benefit and fertility : evidence from Germany ; conference paper
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337838
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Fathers, parental leave and gender norms
Unterhofer, Ulrike; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2017
Social norms and attitudes towards gender roles have been shown to have a large effect on economic outcomes of men and women. Many countries have introduced policies that aim at changing gender stereotypes, for example fathers' quota in parental leave schemes. In this paper, we analyze whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635989
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Fathers, parental leave and gender norms
Unterhofer, Ulrike; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2017
Social norms and attitudes towards gender roles have been shown to have a large effect on economic outcomes of men and women. Many countries have introduced policies that aim at changing gender stereotypes, for example fathers' quota in parental leave schemes. In this paper, we analyze whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641608
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Change in the gender division of domestic work after mummy or daddy took leave : an examination of alternative explanations
Schober, Pia S.; Zoch, Gundula - 2015
This study investigates how the duration of child care leave taken by mothers and fathers relates to changes in couples’ division of housework and child care after postnatal labour market return in Germany. It explores whether take-up of child care related leave may impact the gender division...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391701
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The Multigenerational Impact of Children and Childcare Policies
Karademir, Sencer; Laliberté, Jean-William P.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper examines the multigenerational impact of children and whether the public provision of formal childcare lessens the earnings and employment impacts of children. We find that the arrival of a firstborn reduces employment and earnings of mothers and employment of grandmothers. Studying a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512058
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The multigenerational impact of children and childcare policies
Karademir, Sencer; Laliberté, Jean-William; Staubli, Stefan - 2023
The disproportionate impact of children on women's earnings constitutes the primary factor contributing to persistent gender inequality in many countries. This paper examines the multigenerational impact of children and whether the public provision of formal childcare lessens the earnings and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013500676
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The Multigenerational Impact of Children and Childcare Policies
Karademir, Sencer; Laliberté, Jean-William; Staubli, Stefan - 2023
The disproportionate impact of children on women's earnings constitutes the primary factor contributing to persistent gender inequality in many countries. This paper examines the multigenerational impact of children and whether the public provision of formal childcare lessens the earnings and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014255940
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The evolution of child-related gender inequality in Germany and the role of family policies, 1960-2018
Glogowsky, Ulrich; Hansen, Emanuel; Sachs, Dominik; … - 2024
Using German administrative data from the 1960s onward, this paper (i) examines the long-term evolution of child-related gender inequality in earnings and (ii) assesses the impact of family policies on this inequality. We present three sets of findings. First, child penalties (i.e., the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015071139
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Family Policy in Hungary : How to Improve the Reconciliation between Work and Family?
Hemmings, Philip - 2007
failed to significantly influence fertility rates and is relatively expensive to run. This paper looks at how to shift the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444476
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Searching for welfare, work and gender equality
Plantenga, Janneke - 2014
The paper describes to which extent European welfare states support an individual adult worker model and how the current policy should be assessed in terms of gender equality. Although a more individual design of welfare policies is clearly recognizable, the paper also illustrates the large gap...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010430665