model for the high unemployment countries of Europe. Our results suggest that this policy reform would significantly change … model for the high unemployment countries of Europe. Our results suggest that this policy reform would significantly change …

childcare prices. We shed new light on these questions using a policy reform that raises the price of public daycare. After the … reform, children are 8 percentage points less likely to attend public daycare which implies a compensated price elasticity of …

program in Germany. In 2007, a means-tested parental leave transfer program that had paid benefits for up to two years was … replaced by an earnings related transfer which paid benefits for up to one year. The reform generated winners and losers with … heterogeneous response incentives. We find that the reform speeds up the labor market return of both groups of mothers after benefit …

on within-father differences in leave-taking for first and higher order children that were triggered by a policy reform …

three European countries which experience severe poverty traps, namely Finland, France and Germany. The potential labor …

recent unemployment benefit reform (Hartz IV). The reform reduced unemployment by only 0.3%. Contrary to general beliefs, we …

In Germany, there is a vivid political debate on introducing a general statutory minimum wage. In this paper, we study … ambiguous reactions. An empirical analysis for Germany shows that minimum wages would affect total labor supply only weakly. Yet …

light on this question using a reform that raised the prices of public daycare. Parents respond by reducing public daycare … supply ; cognitive skills ; family policy ; Germany …