In the 2000s, a major educational reform in Germany reduced the academic high school duration by one year while keeping constant the total number of instructional hours before graduation. The instructional hours from the eliminated school year shifted to lower grade levels, which increased the...

In this paper, we examine how parental health affects children's development of personality traits and problem behavior. Based on a German mother-and-child data base, we draw on observed parental health shocks as a more exogenous source of health variation to identify these effects and control...

We examine how parental health shocks affect children’s non-cognitive skills. Based on a German mother-and-child data base, we draw on significant changes in selfreported parental health as an exogenous source of health variation to identify effects on outcomes for children at ages of three...

We examine how parental health shocks affect children's non-cognitive skills. Based on a German mother-and-child data base, we draw on significant changes in self-reported parental health as an exogenous source of health variation to identify effects on outcomes for children at ages of three and...

We examine how parental health shocks affect children's non-cognitive skills. Based on a German mother-and-child data base, we draw on significant changes in selfreported parental health as an exogenous source of health variation to identify effects on outcomes for children at ages of three and...

Nicht verpflichtende Bildungsangebote wie die Teilnahme an Schul-AGs, der Besuch von Kindertageseinrichtungen (Kitas) und die Nutzung von non-formalen Bildungsangeboten wie außerschulische Sport- oder Musikaktivitäten spielen eine wichtige Rolle bei der Integration in eine Gesellschaft. Doch...

Erzieherinnen und Erzieher haben mit dem Ausbau der Kindertagesbetreuung in Deutschland in den vergangenen Jahren massiv an Bedeutung gewonnen. Wie zufrieden ist diese Berufsgruppe mit ihrer Arbeit? Wie stark fühlt sie sich belastet? Und wie unterscheidet sie sich diesbezüglich von...

Childcare workers are essential for both families and society at large, and their working conditions and pay are often a topic of discussion. Using new data spanning until the end of 2019 from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) as well as a special SOEP additional survey in day care centers, this...