We examine the relationship between parenting activities and centre‐based care using time diary and survey data for mothers in Germany. While mothers using centre‐based care spend significantly less time in the presence of their child, we find that differences in the time spent on specific...

Do inflation expectations react to changes in the volatility of monetary policy? They have, but only until the global financial crisis. This paper investigates whether increasing the dispersion of monetary policy shocks, which is interpreted as elevated uncertainty surrounding monetary policy,...