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Life-cycle variations in the association between current and lifetime earnings : evidence for German natives and guest workers

Brenner, Jan - 2009

In many economic models a central variable of interest is lifetime or permanent income which is not observed in survey data sets and typically proxied by annual income information. To assess the quality of such approximations, we use a unique source of lifetime earnings - the German pension...

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Now daddy's changing diapers and mommy's making her career : evaluating a generous parental leave regulation using a natural experiment

Kluve, Jochen; Tamm, Marcus - 2009

Over the last decades many OECD countries introduced parental leave regulations in order to counteract low and decreasing birth rates. In general, these regulations aim at making parenthood more attractive and more compatible with a working career, especially for women. The recent German...

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Women's fertility and employment decisions under two political systems : comparing East and West Germany before reunification

Bredtmann, Julia; Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra - 2009

Over the last decades fertility rates have decreased in most developed countries, while female labour force participation has increased strongly over the same time period. To shed light on the relationship between women's fertility and employment decisions, we analyse their transitions to the...

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Who does the shopping? : German time-use evidence, 1996 – 2009

Procher, Vivien; Vance, Colin - 2013

Einkaufsverhaltens in Deutschland zählen der jeweilige Erwerbstatus von Mann und Frau, sowie die Anzahl der Kinder im Haushalt. Zudem …

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Obesity, weight loss, and employment prospects : evidence from a randomized trial

Reichert, Arndt R. - 2012

This study presents credible estimates for the causal effect of a variation in obesity on employment. By exploring random assignment of a weight loss intervention based on monetary rewards, I provide convincing evidence that weight loss positively affects the employment prospects of obese women...

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Job security and fertility : evidence from German reunification

Klemm, Marcus - 2012

. Dafür wird zum einen der spezielle Status von Beamten in Deutschland und zum anderen das natürliche Experiment der deutschen …

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The intra-household division of labor : an empirical analysis of spousal Influences on individual time allocation

Bredtmann, Julia - 2010

Regarding total working hours, including both paid and unpaid labor, hardly any differences between German men and women exist. However, whereas men allocate most of their time to market work, women still do most of the non-market work. Using the German Time Use Surveys 1991/92 and 2001/02, this...

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Parasites and raven mothers : a German-Japanese comparison on (lone) motherhood

Klabunde, Anna; Korn, Evelyn - 2010

Dieser Artikel vergleicht die institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen in Deutschland und Japan, die die … Attraktivität von Ehe und Mutterschaft in beiden Ländern ab. Wir stellen fest, dass soziale Veränderungen, die in Deutschland vor … derzeit passieren. Wir analysieren, ob sich die Konsequenzen für Familienstruktur und Geburtenrate von Deutschland auf Japan …

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Technological progress, occupational structure and gender gaps in the German labour market

Bachmann, Ronald; Gonschor, Myrielle - 2022

We analyze if technological progress and the corresponding change in the occupational structure have improved the relative position of women in the labour market. We show that the share of women rises most strongly in non-routine cognitive and manual occupations, but declines in routine...

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It's a woman's world? : occupational structure and the rise of female employment in Germany

Bachmann, Ronald; Stepanyan, Gayane - 2020

Wir analysieren, ob der Anstieg der weiblichen Erwerbsbeteiligung in Deutschland in den letzten Jahrzehnten durch den …

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