Despite the increasing incidence of part-time employment in Germany, the effects on wage rates are studied rarely. I therefore use SOEP panel data from 1984 to 2010 and apply different econometric approaches and definitions of part-time work to measure the socalled part-time wage gap of both,...

The labor supply of West German married and cohabiting couples is analyzed using a discrete choice model. Following van Soest (1995), the labor supply decision is based on a household utility function which is determined by the leisure of the two spouses and net household income. Furthermore,...

Stand ist: Deutschland nimmt viel Geld in die Hand für Familien. Es gibt über 150 familienpolitische Leistungen. Durch die Komplexität kommt das Geld nicht immer dort an, wo es gebraucht wird. Die Bundesregierung hat in ihrem Koaliti- onsvertrag erklärt, dass sie Familien stärken und mehr...