welfare state arrangements for disadvantaged mothers with young children in Germany. …This paper presents the results of a randomized study of a home visiting program implemented in Germany for low …-income, first-time mothers. A major goal of the program is to improve the participants’ economic self-sufficiency and family …

focus is on child care for children aged 0-3, because this is a critical period for working mothers and their children and …This paper discusses several approaches to examining the relationship between child care and mothers' labor supply. The … because most European and American households with children aged 3-5 already use child care centers. The paper provides data …

-education women. This leads to lower reading scores among children, primarily as a result of mothers shifting away from formal care … employment and fertility among women, as well as long-run cognitive outcomes among children. A structural life-cycle model of …-scale child care reform, which provided generous cash transfers to mothers who did not use formal child care facilities. Combining …

indicate that mothers are in a worse physical condition if their children attend formal care, whereas no such effect is found … with regard to mothers ́mental health. Overall, there is evidence that mothers placing their children in formal day care …In Germany, formal child care coverage rates have increased markedly over the past few decades. The present paper is …