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Short-run fertility effects of parental leave benefits : evidence from a structural model
Stichnoth, Holger - 2014
Based on a structural model of fertility and female labour force supply with unobserved heterogeneity and state … generous earnings-related transfer. The model predicts a short-term fertility effect of about 4%, which is consistent with … recent quasi-experimental evidence. The fertility effect is strongest for first births and increases with income. We use the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010416349
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Maternity leave and mothers' long-term sickness absence : evidence from Germany
Gürtzgen, Nicole; Hank, Karsten - 2014
Exploiting unique German administrative data, we estimate the association between an expansion in maternity leave duration from two to six months in 1979 and mothers' post-birth long-term sickness absence over a period of three decades after childbirth. Using a regression discontinuity design,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440103
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Causal effects on employment after first birth : a dynamic treatment approach
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Sommerfeld, Katrin; Steffes, Susanne - 2013
The effects of childbirth on future labor market outcomes are a key issue for policy discussion. This paper implements a dynamic treatment approach to estimate the effect of having the first child now versus later on future employment for the case of Germany, a country with a long maternity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221734
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Completed fertility effects of family policy measures : evidence from a life-cycle model
Abiry, Raphael; Reuß, Karsten; Stichnoth, Holger - 2014
We estimate a structural life-cycle model of fertility and female labour supply and use it to evaluate the effects of a … childcare are found to have substantial fertility effects. Without these measures, completed fertility is estimated to be lower … a negligible effect on fertility. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010416355
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Wann kehren junge Mütter auf den Arbeitsmarkt zurück? : Eine Verweildaueranalyse für Deutschland
Weber, Andrea Maria (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001898431
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Explaining women's success : technological change and the skill content of women's work
Black, Sandra E. (contributor);  … - 2007
The closing of the gender wage gap is an ongoing phenomenon in industrialized countries. However, research has been limited in its ability to understand the causes of these changes, due in part to an inability to directly compare the work of women to that of men. In this study, we use a new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003480030
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Words speak louder than actions : the impact of politics on economic performance
Osterloh, Steffen - 2010
In this paper, a new approach to disclose the impact of politics on economic growth is presented: we use data derived from content analysis of party manifestos as measures of party preferences. In a panel of 23 OECD countries, we detect a positive impact of party support for various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008702176
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Cartel destabilization and leniency programs : empirical evidence
Klein, Gordon J. - 2010
Leniency programs as a tool for cartel detection and cartel destabilization, have been implemented since the early nineties. Theoretical work has shown that leniency programs can be effective in enhancing cartel detection and deterrence, but these effects are not straight-forward. It is even...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008822030
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Return-to-job during and after maternity leave
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Steffes, Susanne; Strittmatter, Anthony - 2010
This paper studies the return-to-job of female employees after first birth based on exceptional longitudinal data from personnel records of a large German company. Given a very long maternity leave coverage, we investigate to what extent data available to management allow to predict the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008759767
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The sorting of female careers after first birth : a competing risks analysis of maternity leave duration
Arntz, Melanie; Dlugosz, Stephan; Wilke, Ralf A. - 2014
A number of contributions have found evidence for motherhood being a critical life event for women's employment careers. This study presents a detailed model for the du- ration of maternity leave in which young mothers can make a transition into a number of states related to employment and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462752