Parental leave and subsidized child care are prominent examples of family policies supporting the reconciliation of … family life and labor market careers for mothers. In this paper, we combine different empirical strategies to evaluate the … employment effects of these policies for mothers in Germany. In particular we estimate a structural labor supply model and …

decision by exploiting variation in the tax and transfer system which differs by employment state and number of children. To … this end we simulate in detail the effects of the tax and transfer system including child care costs. The model provides …

decision by exploiting variation in the tax and transfer system which differs by employment state and number of children. To … this end we simulate in detail the effects of the tax and transfer system including child care costs. The model provides …

care has been introduced for all children aged one year or older. Second, a new benefit called Betreuungsgeld has been … introduced that is granted to families who do not use public or publicly subsidized child care. Both reforms target children of …

employment and fertility among women, as well as long-run cognitive outcomes among children. A structural life-cycle model of … outcomes of children, via estimating a cognitive ability production function that corrects for the endogeneity of inputs. We …-education women. This leads to lower reading scores among children, primarily as a result of mothers shifting away from formal care …

outcomes, childcare choices, and children's development. We examine a German reform from 2013 which introduced a home care …, but decreased childcare enrolment for one- and two-year olds by 5 percentage points. We find no effect on children's skill …

reforms in Germany that were introduced simultaneously in August 2013. First, a legal claim to subsidized child care became … effective for all children aged one year or older. Second, a new benefit called 'Betreuungsgeld' came into effect that is … granted to families who do not use public or publicly subsidized child care. Both reforms target children of the same age …

reforms in Germany that were introduced simultaneously in August 2013. First, a legal claim to subsidized child care became … effective for all children aged one year or older. Second, a new benefit called "Betreuungsgeld" came into effect that is … granted to families who do not use public or publicly subsidized child care. Both reforms target children of the same age …

Reconciling work and family is high on many governments' agenda, especially in countries, such as Spain, with record … worked (9%) of mothers with age-eligible (3-year-old) children, and that these effects persisted over time. Heterogeneity … children ; childcare ; quasi-natural experiment ; differences-in-differences-in-differences …

Reconciling work and family is high on many governments' agenda, especially in countries, such as Spain, with record … worked (9%) of mothers with age-eligible (3-year-old) children, and that these effects persisted over time. Heterogeneity …