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Riphahn, Regina T.; Wiynck, Frederik - 2017

benefits on fertility. While generally the reform increased child benefits, the exact amount of the increase varied by … household income and the number of children. We use these heterogeneities to identify their causal effects on fertility in a … fertility effects for higher as opposed to lower income couples deciding on a second birth. …

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Female labor supply and parental leave benefits: the causal effect of paying higher transfers for a shorter period of time

Bergemann, Annette; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2009

We study the labor supply effects of a change in child-subsidy policy designed to both increase fertility and shorten …

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Female Labor Supply and Parental Leave Benefits: The Causal Effect of Paying Higher Transfers for a Shorter Period of Time

Bergemann, Annette; Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

We study the labor supply effects of a change in child-subsidy policy designed to both increase fertility and shorten …

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Are Student Exchange Programs Worth It?

Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

The number of university students participating in exchange programs has risen sharply over the last decade, but a survey of Swiss university graduates (class of 1999 and 2001) shows that participation in student exchange programs significantly prolongs the period of time spent studying at...

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Are student exchange programs worth it?

Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2005

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Cohort Effects in the Educational Attainment of Second Generation Immigrants in Germany: An Analysis of Census Data

Riphahn, Regina T. - 2001

Even though second generation immigrants make up ever increasing population shares in industrialized countries we know little about their social integration and wellbeing. This study focuses on the educational attainment of German born children of immigrants. Their schooling success still lags...

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Kindergarten enrollment and the intergenerational transmission of education

Bauer, Philipp C.; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2009

We use Swiss data to test whether intergenerational educational mobility is affected by the age at which children enroll in kindergarten. Taking advantage of heterogeneity across cantons we find that early kindergarten enrollment significantly increases educational mobility.

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The consequences of being different: Statistical discrimination and the school-to-work transition

Mueller, Barbara; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2011

When information about the true abilities of job-seekers and applicants are hard to get, statistical discrimination by employers can be an efficient strategy in the hiring and wage setting process. But statistical discrimination can induce costs, if labor relations cannot be terminated in the...

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Fertility Assimilation of Immigrants: Evidence from Count Data Models

Mayer, Jochen; Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

This study applies count data estimation techniques to investigate the fertility adjustment of immigrants in the … destination country. Data on completed fertility are taken from the 1996 wave of the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP). While the … economic literature stresses the role of prices and incomes as determinants of fertility, the demographic literature discusses …

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The Employment of Mothers: Recent Developments and their Determinants in East and West Germany

Hanel, Barbara; Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences disappear over time, and whether there are differences...

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