The G8 high school reform to reduce the total number of years spent at Gymnasium (Germany's academic-track secondary school) has been more controversial than almost any other education reform in recent years. Although there are few reliable empirical findings on the effects of the G8 reform,...

This paper estimates the causal effects of parental education on their children's risky health behaviours and health status. I study the intergenerational effects of a compulsory schooling reform in Germany after World War II. Implemented across federal states at different points in time, the...

Durch die G8-Schulreform haben sich die PISA-Leistungen von GymnasiastInnen in der neunten Klasse verbessert. Insbesondere leistungsstärkere SchülerInnen schneiden bei den PISA-Tests besser ab, während Leistungsschwächere kaum oder gar nicht profitieren - sie scheinen Probleme mit dem...

This paper analyses the role of family risk attitudes in intergenerational mobility in incomes and education. Based on 1984-2009 data of sons and fathers from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey, there is evidence suggesting that sons with risk taking fathers have a significantly higher...

Die Mehrheit der Bundesländer hat sich dafür entschieden, im Rahmen des 'Gute-KiTa-Gesetzes' Eltern in größerem Umfang als bisher bei den Gebühren für Kindertageseinrichtungen zu entlasten. Darüber, wie sich die Abschaffung von Kita-Gebühren auf den Betreuungsumfang von Kindern und das...

Fast zwei Monate des zweiten harten Lockdowns haben deutliche Spuren im Leben vieler Familien in Deutschland hinterlassen. Das zeigen aktuelle Analysen auf Basis von Daten von infratest dimap zu den Sorgen und der Zufriedenheit von Eltern. Im Vergleich zum Lockdown 'light' im November ist...

This paper provides evidence that low private contributions to highly subsidised day care constrain mothers from working longer hours. We study the effects of reforms that abolished day care fees in Germany on parental labour supply. The reforms removed private contributions to highly subsidised...

This paper studies the effects of Covid-19 related daycare and school closures on gender role attitudes toward maternal employment in Germany. We compare women and men with dependent children to those without children one year after the outbreak of the pandemic. Using data on gender role...