The undersupply of spots in German daycare facilities for toddlers challenges parents' possibilities to work. To ease the situation, the government implemented a new law entitling every child between ages one and three to daycare supervision for about four hours per day. Nevertheless, the...

The undersupply of spots in German daycare facilities for toddlers challenges parents' possibilities to work. To ease the situation, the government implemented a new law entitling every child between ages one and three to daycare supervision for about four hours per day. Nevertheless, the...

The undersupply of spots in German daycare facilities for toddlers challenges parents' possibilities to work. To ease the situation, the government has initiated a new law according to which every child between one and three years of age is entitled to daycare supervision for about four to five...

Die Bereitstellung von Betreuungsplätzen für Kinder unter drei Jahren ist ein wichtiger Beitrag zur Verbesserung der Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf. Seit dem 1. August 2013 haben Eltern in Deutschland einen Rechtsanspruch auf die Betreuung. Aber nicht allein die Bereitstellung einer...

Die Bereitstellung von Betreuungsplätzen für Kinder unter drei Jahren ist ein wichtiger Beitrag zur Verbesserung der Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf. Seit dem 1. August 2013 haben Eltern in Deutschland einen Rechtsanspruch auf die Betreuung. Aber nicht allein die Bereitstellung einer...

The undersupply of spots in German daycare facilities for toddlers challenges parents' possibilities to work. To ease the situation, the government implemented a new law entitling every child between ages one and three to daycare supervision for about four hours per day. Nevertheless, the...

In Germany, around 94 percent of children between the ages of three and six attend a day care center. Regarding the remaining six percent, many experts have speculated that children, primarily those from socio-economically disadvantaged households, do not use day care. Based on data from the...

Private household expenditures on child care in centers have significantly risen: from an average of 98 euros per month in 2005 to just under 171 euros in 2015 for a child under three and for children three and older (“Kindergarten”1 age group), from 71 to 97 euros in the period between 1996...

In East Germany, prior to reunification, daycare provision was widely available to encourage mothers to return to work soon after giving birth. Conversely, in West Germany, childcare facilities for under-threes were few and far between and, at the end of the ’80s/ beginning of the ’90s, the...