Increasing mothers' labor supply is a key policy challenge in many OECD countries. Germany recently introduced a …

techniques. We generate gender-specific own- and cross-wage elasticities of market hours in the cross-section. Elasticities are … significantly larger if the wage shock is asymmetric across partners, not symmetric. Aggregating preferences and wages by gender and …

In Germany, there is a vivid political debate on introducing a general statutory minimum wage. In this paper, we study … ambiguous reactions. An empirical analysis for Germany shows that minimum wages would affect total labor supply only weakly. Yet … ; gender …

On behavioural theory basis, this article analyses whether religion influences married women in Germany in their … decision to supply labour. Gender roles and accompanying attitudes toward the appropriate division of labour among spouses …

, we use German survey data to analyze age and gender differences in reservation and entry wages, preferred and actual … working hours, and satisfaction with leisure and work. -- Age ; Family gap ; Gender ; Job search ; Labor supply ; Reservation …

allocation to the time schedule of their partner. These findings might partly explain why in Germany - and other European … countries as well - gender differences in employment and wages still persist. -- Intra-household division of labor ; time … Männern und Frauen. Während das Arbeitsangebot von Männern unabhängig von der Zeitallokation der Partnerin ist, passen Frauen …

In Germany, there is a vivid political debate on introducing a general statutory minimum wage. In this paper, we study … ambiguous reactions. An empirical analysis for Germany shows that minimum wages would affect total labor supply only weakly. Yet …