. Thus, the demand shock did not only depress the aggregate fertility level but also changed the composition of mothers. My …How does a negative labor demand shock impact fertility? I analyze this question in the context of the East German … fertility decline after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. I exploit differential pressure for restructuring across East …

This paper studies how the statutory right to work part-time affects mothers’ post-birth labor market outcomes. I use a … differences-in-differences design to investigate a reform in Germany that granted the right to work part-time to employees of … firms with more than 15 employees. I find that the reform increased the probability of eligible mothers working part-time in …

earnings. Females in Germany adapt their fertility behaviour more strongly in response to economic incentives than their … harmonisation process related to European integration. This study uses large scale administrative data from France and Germany to … analyse and directly compare fertility patterns in two major European economies over a period of 15 years. Strong evidence is …

Unternehmensgründungen in Deutschland leistet. Aber auch andere unternehmens- und unternehmerbezogene sowie unternehmensexterne Faktoren …

-scale migration shock from East to West Germany between World War II and the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. Leveraging a … in West Germany. Our findings demonstrate a significant and persistent boost to patenting activities in regions with …

birth cohorts in Germany. The analysis is based on a rich dataset that combines household survey data from the German Socio … which accounts for cohort effects in individual employment and unemployment and earnings over the lifecycle as well as the … East Germany and for the low educated. Using simulated life cycle employment and income profiles, we project gross future …

break. Using the correction, the paper confirms that the rise in wage inequality among full-time workers in West Germany …