This study investigates how the first childbirth affects the wage processes of highly attached women. We estimate a flexible fixed effects wage regression model extended with post-birth fixed effects by the control function approach. Register data on West Germany are used and we exploit the...

Vor dem Hintergrund einer in den letzten Dekaden gestiegenen Erwerbspräferenz und -beteiligung von Frauen mit Kindern ist die Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie in der Mitte des weiblichen Lebenslaufs eine zentrale gesellschaftliche Herausforderung für Deutschland geworden. Der Beitrag...

Given shortages in public child care in Germany, this paper asks whether social support with child care and domestic work by spouses, kin and friends can facilitate mothers' return to full-time or part-time positions within the first six years after birth. Using SOEP data from 1993-2009 and...

Alleinerziehende - mehrheitlich handelt es sich um Mütter - sind eine wichtige Zielgruppe in der Arbeitsmarkt- und Sozialpolitik. Eltern, die den Lebensunterhalt der Familie und die Versorgung der Kinder allein schultern müssen, können oft nur in begrenztem Umfang erwerbstätig sein und...

This research focuses on re-entry for mothers after maternity leave. The empirical analysis focuses on the first twenty-two years of post-reunification Germany, using proportional hazards models. Results show that the re-entry into part-time employment is primarily affected by the mothers own...

This research examines re-entry into the labour force for mothers after maternity leave. The empirical analysis focuses on the first twenty-two years of post-reunification Germany, using proportional hazards models. Results show that the re-entry into part-time employment is primarily affected...