Die Bundesregierung hat einen umfangreichen Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Modernisierung der Arbeitslosenversicherung und Arbeitsförderung (SGB-III-Modernisierungsgesetz) vorgelegt, der am 4.11.2024 im Ausschuss für Arbeit und Soziales des Deutschen Bundestags in einer öffentlichen Anhörung zum...

This paper presents results from a randomized evaluation of a home visiting program for disadvantaged first time mothers and their families implemented in three German federal states. At the end of the first year of the program, children in home visited families perform significantly better than...

This paper presents evidence from a natural-experiment which evaluates the effectiveness of a student mentoring program. The mentoring includes several compulsory, scheduled, faceto- face appointments between a mentor and a student in the first study year. All mentors are graduated and employed...

We investigate the impact of childcare provision on cases of child abuse and neglect in Germany between 2002 and 2014. For identification, we exploit a governmental reform introducing mandatory early child care. The implementation at the county level generated large temporal and spatial...

Um benachteiligte Familien mit Kindern unter drei Jahren zu unterstützen, wurde im Jahr 2007 das Nationale Zentrum Frühe Hilfen gegründet. Ein Modellprojekt dieses Zentrums ist das Hausbesuchsprogramm 'Pro?Kind', in dem Familienbegleiterinnen transferbeziehende Mütter von der Schwangerschaft...

This paper presents results from a randomized evaluation of a home visiting program for disadvantaged first time mothers and their families implemented in three German federal states. At the end of the first year of the program, children in home visited families perform significantly better than...

This paper presents results from a randomized evaluation of a home visiting program for disadvantaged first-time mothers and their families implemented in three German federal states. I analysis the impact of the intervention on maternal employment, school attendance, child care use, fertility,...

This paper presents results from a randomized evaluation of a home visiting program for disadvantaged first-time mothers and their families implemented in Germany. 12 months after birth, the intervention increases infants' cognitive development by 0.18 SD. However, the effect fades out after 24...

This paper presents evidence from a natural-experiment which evaluates the effectiveness of a student mentoring program. The mentoring includes several compulsory, scheduled, faceto- face appointments between a mentor and a student in the first study year. All mentors are graduated and employed...

Worldwide governments discuss how to increase maternal labor market participation and to reduce the child penalty, i.e. labor market earnings losses after child birth. This study analyses the long run effects of a German paid parental leave reform, which aims to increase maternal labour market...