Mütter und Väter teilen sich die Erwerbs- und Sorgearbeit in Deutschland im Durchschnitt sehr ungleich auf. Frauen gehen oftmals nur in Teilzeit einer Erwerbstätigkeit nach - weitere geschlechtsspezifische Ungleichheiten auf dem Arbeitsmarkt sind die Folge. Aktuelle Auswertungen von Daten des...

On average, mothers and fathers in Germany divide paid work and care work very unequally. Mothers often only work part time, which results in further gender inequalities in the labor market. A current analysis of data from the German Family Demography Panel Study (FReDA) shows that the...

Der Anteil von Kindern, die eine Privatschule besuchen, hat sich seit Beginn der 1990er Jahre fast verdoppelt: Mittlerweile gehen gut neun Prozent aller SchülerInnen in Deutschland auf eine Privatschule. In Ostdeutschland liegt ihr Anteil mit etwas mehr als zehn Prozent inzwischen über dem...

Grandparents act as the third largest caregiver after parental care and daycare in Germany, as in many Western societies. Adopting a double-generation perspective, we investigate the causal impact of this care mode on children's health, socio-emotional behavior, and school outcomes, as well as...

Grandparents act as the third biggest care giver besides day care and parental care for children below the age of 6 in most OECD countries. Despite its relevance, the effects of child care provided by grandparents on child and parental outcomes have received little attention in the literature....

Grandparents act as the third largest caregiver after parental care and daycare in Germany, as in many Western societies. Adopting a double-generation perspective, we investigate the causal impact of this care mode on children's health, socio-emotional behavior, and school outcomes, as well as...

Grandparents act as the third largest caregiver after parental care and daycare in Germany, as in many Western societies. Adopting a double-generation perspective, we investigate the causal impact of this care mode on children's health, socio-emotional behavior, and school outcomes, as well as...

Devising appropriate policy measures for the integration of refugees is high on the agenda of many governments. This paper focuses on the social integration of families seeking asylum in Germany between 2013 and 2016. Exploiting differences in services availability across counties as an...

Der Besuch einer Kindertageseinrichtung ist nicht nur für Kinder aus nach Deutschland geflüchteten Familien relevant, sondern auch für deren Eltern, insbesondere für Mütter: Sie integrieren sich eher in die deutsche Gesellschaft, wenn ihr Kind eine Kita besucht. Ihre Sprachkenntnisse sind...

Devising appropriate policy measures for the integration of refugees is high on the agenda of many governments. This paper focuses on the social integration of families seeking asylum in Germany between 2013 and 2016. Exploiting regional differences in early childhood education and care (ECEC)...