We analyze the role of distance from a university in the decision to attend higher education in Germany. Students who live near a university can avoid moving and the increased living expenses by commuting. Thus, transaction cost arguments would suggest that the greater the distance to the...

Germany is known to have one of the lowest fertility rates among Western European countries and also relatively low employment rates of mothers with young children. Although these trends have been observed during the last decades, the German public has only recently begun discussing these...

[Einleitung ...] Um die zu erwartenden fiskalischen Effekte des Ausbaus der Ganztagsbetreuung für Kinder im Grundschulalter zu berechnen, wird in einem ersten Schritt die Wirkung dieses Ausbaus auf das Arbeitsangebot von Müttern abgeschätzt. Da die Veränderung des Erwerbsverhaltens von...