Kombilöhne schaffen kaum zusätzliche Beschäftigung für gering Qualifizierte. Stattdessen würde eine flächendeckende und unbefristete Einführung die öffentlichen Haushalte massiv belasten - bis hin zu Zusatzausgaben in zweistelliger Milliardenhöhe. Damit wirken sich breit angelegte...

Understanding child-related costs is crucial given their impact on fertility and labour supply decisions. We quantify and compare the cost of children in Europe by analysing the effect of child births on parents' self-reported ability to make ends meet. This study is based on EUSILC longitudinal...

We propose a unified growth model linking technology, education investment across genders, and fertility to explain, for 20th century developing countries: (i) the demographic transition, (ii) the improvement in gender equality in education, and (iii) the transition to sustained growth. The...