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Fertility Effects of Child Benefits
Riphahn, Regina T.; Wiynck, Frederik - 2017
benefits on fertility. While generally the reform increased child benefits, the exact amount of the increase varied by … household income and the number of children. We use these heterogeneities to identify their causal effects on fertility in a … fertility effects for higher as opposed to lower income couples deciding on a second birth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653485
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Female labor supply and parental leave benefits: the causal effect of paying higher transfers for a shorter period of time
Bergemann, Annette; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2009
We study the labor supply effects of a change in child-subsidy policy designed to both increase fertility and shorten …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269140
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Female Labor Supply and Parental Leave Benefits: The Causal Effect of Paying Higher Transfers for a Shorter Period of Time
Bergemann, Annette; Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We study the labor supply effects of a change in child-subsidy policy designed to both increase fertility and shorten …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005070419
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Cohort Effects in the Educational Attainment of Second Generation Immigrants in Germany: An Analysis of Census Data
Riphahn, Regina T. - 2001
Even though second generation immigrants make up ever increasing population shares in industrialized countries we know little about their social integration and wellbeing. This study focuses on the educational attainment of German born children of immigrants. Their schooling success still lags...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262497
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Kindergarten enrollment and the intergenerational transmission of education
Bauer, Philipp C.; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2009
We use Swiss data to test whether intergenerational educational mobility is affected by the age at which children enroll in kindergarten. Taking advantage of heterogeneity across cantons we find that early kindergarten enrollment significantly increases educational mobility.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271334
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Fertility Assimilation of Immigrants: Evidence from Count Data Models
Mayer, Jochen; Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
This study applies count data estimation techniques to investigate the fertility adjustment of immigrants in the … destination country. Data on completed fertility are taken from the 1996 wave of the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP). While the … economic literature stresses the role of prices and incomes as determinants of fertility, the demographic literature discusses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822551
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The Employment of Mothers: Recent Developments and their Determinants in East and West Germany
Hanel, Barbara; Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences disappear over time, and whether there are differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283583
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Teenage Pregnancies and Births in Germany: Patterns and Developments
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel … teenage fertility and test whether they are relevant in the German case. We find that teenage fertility is associated with … aggregate unemployment. Our evidence supports countercyclical teenage fertility. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884340
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Maternal Employment Effects of Paid Parental Leave
Bergemann, Annette; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2015
We study the short, medium, and longer run employment effects of a substantial change in the parental leave benefit program in Germany. In 2007, a means-tested parental leave transfer program that had paid benefits for up to two years was replaced by an earnings related transfer which paid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288196
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Fertility Assimilation of Immigrants: Evidence from Count Data Models
Mayer, Jochen; Riphahn, Regina T. - 1999
This study applies count data estimation techniques to investigate the fertility adjustment of immigrants in the … destination country. Data on completed fertility are taken from the 1996 wave of the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP). While the … economic literature stresses the role of prices and incomes as determinants of fertility, the demographic literature discusses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262280