We study the short, medium, and longer run employment effects of a substantial change in the parental leave benefit … program in Germany. In 2007, a means-tested parental leave transfer program that had paid benefits for up to two years was … heterogeneous response incentives. We find that the reform speeds up the labor market return of both groups of mothers after benefit …

same time depending on whether women are regarded in first line as mothers or workers. In Germany, the male breadwinner … done to investigate causal effects of the reform on the employment rates of mothers. The results reveal that the mothers …Increasing maternal employment rates engage policies and people for decades. It is pushed but also questioned at the …

report at hand examines employment and living conditions of single mothers, in particular of recipients of unemployment … dependent on welfare, single mothers more frequently seek for a job and take up employment. Being employed is an essential …From a social policy perspective, single parents - for the most part single mothers - are an important target group …

-time employment is primarily affected by the mothers own resources and former career, the return to full-time work is more linked to … than the father, a group having the highest re- entry chances for mothers, especially into full-time employment. The …This research focuses on re-entry for mothers after maternity leave. The empirical analysis focuses on the first twenty …

employment status and work hours changes, respectively. In East Germany, mothers with a child aged under three years who lived in … Germany'-Study for 2010 and 2011 (N=3,301 mothers) with regional structural quality data. We used regression models of … negative association of child-teacher-ratios with maternal employment was marginally significant. For mothers with older …

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 by the mother's own resources and former career, the return to full …

Women's labor force participation has rapidly increased in most countries, but mothers still struggle to achieve a … employment. Family policies that subsidize childcare and increase its availability have different effects on female labor supply … may depend on countryspecific pre-reform female employment and earnings, and childcare availability, costs, and quality. …