in a childcare facility or family day care. What effects does this have on the mothers' economic activity and child … mothers' gainful employment of up to two percentage points in the short term. The share of younger children in state … skills of children aged two to three and the socio-emotional behavior of elementary school students from families with a low …

According to current survey results the reconciliation of family and work is still very difficult for a lot of parents …. Most parents seek to share gainful employment and family duties more equally. Yet, financial incentives often favor the … Foundation DIW Berlin has investigated the behavioral effects and related costs of a new benefit for 'family working time' which …

the first study to systematically and comprehensively evaluate the key instruments of German family policy. The evaluation … focused on the following family-policy goals: securing families' financial stability, better reconciliation of family and … career, early support for children, fulfilling the desire to have children, and compensating for inequalities between …

More and more children in Germany attend formal day care. How does family policy influence this attendance? Which … effect do particular family policies have and in how far do these effects differ among different family types? This question … significantly influences the attendance formal day care and that it does so to a larger extent than all of the other examined family …

Women are less willing than men to compete against others. This gender gap can partially explain the differences … striving towards gender equality, this opens up new possibilities for institutionalizing competitive pressure. …

bekannt sind etwa die Gender Gaps bei Verdiensten und Renten. Dieser Wochenbericht zeigt, dass es eine Ausnahme gibt: Beim …