Our model explains the observed gender-specific patterns of career and child care choices through endogenous social norms. We study how these norms interact with the gender wage gap. We show that via the social norm a couple's child care and career choices impose an externality on other couples,...

Our model explains the observed gender-specific patterns of career and child care choices through endogenous social norms. We study how these norms interact with the gender wage gap. We show that via the social norm a couple's child care and career choices impose an externality on other couples,...

In this paper we examine the desirability of subsidizing child care expenditures in a model where parents can choose both the quantity and the quality of child care services they purchase in the market. Our vehicle of analysis is a Mirrleesian optimal tax framework where child care services not...

In this paper we examine the desirability of subsidizing child care expenditures in a model where parents can choose both the quantity and the quality of child care services they purchase in the market. Our vehicle of analysis is a Mirrleesian optimal tax framework where child care services not...

We study the design of child-care policies when redistribution matters. Traditional mothers provide some informal child care, whereas career mothers purchase full time formal care. The sorting of women across career paths is endogenous and shaped by a social norm about gender roles in the...

Die Arbeit untersucht die Bedeutung von Kindern für eine umlagefinanzierte Rentenversicherung. Nach einer Thematisierung grundsätzlicher Fragestellungen wird für verschiedene "Idealtypen" von Umlageverfahren der jeweilige "materielle" Wert von Kindern verdeutlicht. Anschließend erfolgt eine...

Die Arbeit analysiert das System der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung in Deutschland hinsichtlich der langfristigen Funktionsfähigkeit bei sinkender Geburtenrate. Dabei werden in erster Linie die verschiedenen Familienformen (vollständige, unvollständige Familien, nichteheliche...

Der französischen Familienpolitik wird eine Vorbildfunktion in Europa zugesprochen. Inwieweit sie dieser gerecht wird und ob sie Ansatzpunkte für eine Reform der deutschen Familienpolitik bieten kann, ist Gegenstand dieser Arbeit. Eine Untersuchung der bevölkerungs- und frauenpolitischen...

Der Autor entwickelt ein in sich konsistentes System der Einkommensbesteuerung von Transferzahlungen, das vor allem an der Forderung nach Gleichmäßigkeit der Besteuerung orientiert ist. Zunächst werden allgemeine Grundsätze zur Steuerpflicht empfangener und geleisteter Transfers erarbeitet....

Die Arbeit befaßt sich mit den Finanzierungsproblemen, die durch die prognostizierte Bevölkerungsentwicklung für die Gesetzliche Rentenversicherung entstehen. Zunächst wird herausgearbeitet, daß nur Instrumente, die an den demographischen Ursachen der Finanzierungsprobleme ansetzen, eine...

Die kinderzahlabhängige Rente bleibt ein Dauerbrenner in der politischen und der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Diskussion über künftige Rentenreformen, sei es als "Kinderrente" oder "Elternrente", als Differenzierung des Beitragssatzes oder der Rentenhöhe. Die Diskussionen um die...

Our model explains the observed gender-specific patterns of career and child care choices through endogenous social norms. We study how these norms interact with the gender wage gap. We show that via the social norm a couple's child care and career choices impose an externality on other couples,...

In this paper we examine the desirability of subsidizing child care expenditures in a model where parents can choose both the quantity and the quality of child care services they purchase in the market. Our vehicle of analysis is a Mirrleesian optimal tax framework where child care services not...

In this paper we examine the desirability of subsidizing child care expenditures in a model where parents can choose both the quantity and the quality of child care services they purchase in the market. Our vehicle of analysis is a Mirrleesian optimal tax framework where child care services not...

Many poor households in developing countries are liquidity-constrained. As a result, they may under-invest in the human capital of their children. We provide new evidence on the long-term (10-year) effects of cash transfers using data from Ecuador. Our analysis is based on two separate sources...

Many poor households in developing countries are liquidity-constrained. As a result, they may under-invest in the human capital of their children. We provide new evidence on the long-term (10-year) effects of cash transfers using data from Ecuador. Our analysis is based on two separate sources...

Parliament is the place where politicians make laws to set the policy direction of countries. Non-involvement of different voices such as gender, race and ethnicity in policy decisions may create an inequality in policy-making. Regarding gender, previous literature suggests that women and men...

Cross-country differences of market hours in 17 OECD countries are mainly due to the hours of women, especially low-skilled women. This paper develops a model to account for the gender-skill differences in market hours across countries. The model explains a substantial fraction of the...

Cross-country differences of market hours in 17 countries belonging to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development are mainly due to the hours of women, especially low-skilled women. This paper develops a model to account for the gender-skill differences in market hours across...

It takes a woman and a man to make a baby. This fact suggests that for a birth to take place, the parents should first agree on wanting a child. Using newly available data on fertility preferences and outcomes, we show that indeed, babies are likely to arrive only if both parents desire one, and...

In dieser Kurzexpertise wurde anhand von Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels und Simulationen mit dem ZEW-Mikrosimulationsmodell der Einfluss zentraler familienpolitischer Leistungen auf die Verteilung der bedarfsgewichteten Einkommen untersucht. Die Analysen basieren auf den Daten des...

Anders als im Steuerrecht existieren in der Sozialversicherung keine Kinderfreibeträge. In diesem Gutachten wird ihre Einführung - beschränkt auf die Beiträge zur gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung - untersucht. Abgeschätzt wurden zunächst die Erstrundeneffekte, also die Entlastungswirkungen...

The poverty paradox -- The poverty culture -- The new Wisconsin idea -- Beyond affluent society -- An economist at war -- A Pyrrhic victory -- Uncertainty of numbers, certainty of decisions -- A doomed alternative

To compare the systems of child benefits and of family tax deductions, we create a model with endogenous fertility and basic income, also financed from proportional wage taxes. Pensioners are neglected but younger and older workers are distinguished: the former raise children and receive child...

To compare the systems of child benefits and of family tax deductions, we create a model with endogenous fertility and a basic income, also financed from proportional wage taxes. The deduction's efficiency is presumably lower than the benefit's and may even be lower than that of pure basic income.

Parliament is the place where politicians make laws to set the policy direction of countries. Non-involvement of different voices such as gender, race and ethnicity in policy decisions may create an inequality in policy-making. Regarding gender, previous literature suggests that women and men...

To compare the systems of child benefits and of family tax deductions, we create a model with endogenous fertility and basic income, also financed from proportional wage taxes. Pensioners are neglected but younger and older workers are distinguished: the former raise children and receive child...

We examine the consequences of underreporting of transfer programs in household survey data for several prototypical analyses of low-income populations. We focus on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the source of official poverty and inequality statistics, but provide evidence that our...

In this paper I examine the rates at which adults in households recently receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) become jobless, apply for and receive unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, and participate in publicly funded employment services. I also investigate the correlation...

Recent efforts to expand unemployment insurance (UI) eligibility are expected to increase low-earning workers' access to UI. Although the expansion's aim is to smooth the income and consumption of previously ineligible workers, it is possible that UI benefits simply displace other sources of...