In 1933, the German government introduced the marriage loan for newlyweds, a policy aimed at increasing marriages and births as well as male employment, which entailed a work ban for the wife and sizeable credit deductions for children. This paper illustrates that the policy was rather...

In der Corona-Krise erleben wir einen Rückfall auf eine Rollenverteilung zwischen Müttern und Vätern wie in alten Zeiten. Staatshilfen müssen deshalb überprüft werden, ob sie Frauen und Männern gleichermaßen nützen.

Powerful currents have reshaped the structure of families over the last century. There has been (i) a dramatic drop in fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a decline in marriage and a rise in divorce; (iv) a higher...