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Since the millennium, the labour market participation of women and mothers is increasing across European countries. Several work/care policy measures underlie this evolution. At the same time, the labour market behaviour of fathers, as well as their involvement in care work, is relatively...
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This paper analyzes the impact of women's retirement on their informal care provision. Using SOEP data, we address fundamental endogeneity problems by exploiting variation in the German pension system in two complementary ways. We find a significant effect of retirement on informal care...
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Pflegebedürftige lassen sich bevorzugt von Angehörigen oder FreundInnen zuhause pflegen. Dieser sogenannten informellen Pflege wird auch im Gesetz Vorrang vor formeller, stationärer Pflege eingeräumt. Für viele Angehörige entsteht jedoch ein Zeitkonflikt zwischen der Pflegearbeit und ihrer...
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In Deutschland ist es noch ein weiter Weg zu einer partnerschaftlichen Aufteilung der Erwerbs- und Sorgearbeit zwischen Männern und Frauen: Bei den Beschäftigungsquoten und im Erwerbsumfang liegen Frauen deutlich hinter Männern, bei der Kinderbetreuung und Hausarbeit ist es umgekehrt. Diese...
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Die 16-jährige Kanzlerinnenschaft Angela Merkels, in der erstmalig eine Frau eine Bundesregierung führte, wurde vielfach als Meilenstein für Frauen in der Politik gewürdigt. Dies hat sich jedoch nicht in der parlamentarischen Repräsentation von Frauen niedergeschlagen. Der Frauenanteil im...
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We apply a structural model of mothers' labor supply and child care choices to evaluate the effects of two childcare reforms in Germany that were introduced simultaneously in August 2013. First, a legal claim to subsidized child care became effective for all children aged one year or older....
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In this paper a labor supply model with demand side rationing is estimated to analyze the economic policies that directly affect incentives to work as well as labor costs. The framework is applied to evaluate the employment effects of a federal minimum wage in Germany and the impact of employer-...
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This paper analyzes the question why desired and actual sharing of market work and family duties among parents with young children in Germany fall apart. Potential explanations include financial incentives favoring the single-earner model, as well as constraints in choosing working hours due to...
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In August 2013, two child care reforms have come into effect at the same time: First, a legal claim to formal child care has been introduced for all children aged one year or older. Second, a new benefit called Betreuungsgeld has been introduced that is granted to families who do not use public...
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