Work and family life arrangements differed greatly between the east and west before German reunification in 1990. Since reunification, however, the employment rates of mothers with children requiring childcare have converged. This trend is accompanied by a growing approval of maternal...

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...

Diese Studie untersucht die unterschiedlichen Betreuungsformen von Kindern und die Arbeitsmarktsituation von Müttern in Deutschland. Einen besonderen Schwerpunkt nimmt dabei der Zusammenhang zwischen der Form der Kinderbetreuung und dem Erwerbsverhalten der Mütter ein.