Für viele Erwerbstätige sind "atypische Arbeitszeiten" Realität. Für die Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf stellen ungünstige Arbeitszeitlagen wie Arbeit auf Abruf, Schichtarbeit, Nacht- und Wochenendarbeit spürbare Hindernisse und Belastungsmomente dar. Die Flexibilisierung der...

We use unique survey data on working time reduction during the first wave of the COVID-19 crisis in the spring of 2020 to estimate the number of working hours lost in Germany due to closed schools and child care facilities. Our results indicate that overall, a loss of not more than 1.1 percent...

We use unique survey data on working time reduction during the first wave of the COVID-19 crisis in the spring of 2020 to estimate the number of working hours lost in Germany due to closed schools and child care facilities. Our results indicate that overall, a loss of not more than 1.1 percent...

Für viele Erwerbstätige sind "atypische Arbeitszeiten" Realität. Für die Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf stellen ungünstige Arbeitszeitlagen wie Arbeit auf Abruf, Schichtarbeit, Nacht- und Wochenendarbeit spürbare Hindernisse und Belastungsmomente dar. Die Flexibilisierung der...

Auf kleinräumiger Ebene lässt sich der Betreuungsausbau aus zwei unterschiedlichen Perspektiven betrachten. Entweder kann man der Frage nachgehen, wie stark in den Kommunen an dieser Stelle investiert wurde und die Anstiege bei den Platzzahlen vergleichen, oder man kann die regionalen...

Auf kleinräumiger Ebene lässt sich der Betreuungsausbau aus zwei unterschiedlichen Perspektiven betrachten. Entweder kann man der Frage nachgehen, wie stark in den Kommunen an dieser Stelle investiert wurde und die Anstiege bei den Platzzahlen vergleichen, oder man kann die regionalen...

Die institutionelle Betreuung von Kindern im Grundschulalter erfolgt in Deutschland im Zusammenspiel von verpflichtendem Schulbesuch, weiteren (Betreuungs-) Angeboten der Schulen sowie staatlichen und staatlich geförderten außerschulischen Betreuungsangeboten, wie Horten. Daher müssen die...

Die Arbeit in Krankenhäusern und Kindertagesstätten erfährt in den letzten Jahrzehnten massive Veränderungen: Der Bedarf an Betreuungsplätzen und in der Gesundheitsversorgung steigt, gleichzeitig wachsen die Erwartungen an die Qualität der Versorgung. Das stellt hohe Anforderungen an die...

Public educators and philanthropists in the late 19th century United States promoted the establishment of kindergartens in cities as a remedy for the social problems associated with industrialization and immigration. Between 1880 and 1910, more than seven thousand kindergartens opened their...

Die Policy Note untersucht Strukturen des Kinderbetreuungswesens. Dabei weist das Kinderbetreuungsangebot, trotz seiner starken räumlichen Ausweitung in der Vergangenheit, auch Mängel auf. Dies betrifft insbesondere die Öffnungszeiten, die in manchen Regionen sehr kurz sind. Das...

Gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting aim to increase equality and equal opportunities between women and men. In contrast to the majority of evaluations of gender equality, which analyse legal, socio-political and distribution-relevant aspects, the aim of this research project is to estimate...

We examine the impact of offering full-day as a replacement for half-day kindergarten on mothers' labour supply using the rollout of full-day kindergarten in Ontario, Canada. We find no impact on the extensive margin but do find one on the intensive margin. In particular, we find that access to...

Using data from OECD's PISA, Eurostat and World Bank's WDI, we explore how child cognitive outcomes at the aggregate country level are related to macroeconomic conditions, specifically government education expenditures and early education experience. We find that both government expenditures in...

Using data from OECD's PISA, Eurostat and World Bank's WDI, we explore how child cognitive outcomes at the aggregate country level are related to macroeconomic conditions, specifically government education expenditures and early education experience. We find that both government expenditures in...

Development in early childhood predicts schooling and labor market outcomes in adulthood. In this paper we use a fixed effects identification strategy to assess how differences in the quality of child care affect the communication, fine motor, and problem solving skills of infants and toddlers....

El desarrollo en la primera infancia predice lo que serán los resultados en la escolaridad y el mercado laboral en la edad adulta. En este documento usamos una estrategia de identificación de efectos fijos para evaluar el modo en que las diferencias en la calidad de los jardines de cuidado...

Expanding access to pre-school education and childcare services has been a key policy on the agenda of many governments for over 30 years. Several motivations have been at the heart of these policies. On the one hand, expanding access to quality pre-school education is expected to have positive...

Development in early childhood predicts schooling and labor market outcomes in adulthood. In this paper we use a fixed effects identification strategy to assess how differences in the quality of child care affect the communication, fine motor, and problem solving skills of infants and toddlers....

Development in early childhood predicts schooling and labor market outcomes in adulthood. In this paper we use a fixed effects identification strategy to assess how differences in the quality of child care affect the communication, fine motor, and problem solving skills of infants and toddlers....

Expanding access to pre-school education and childcare services has been a key policy on the agenda of many governments for over 30 years. Several motivations have been at the heart of these policies. On the one hand, expanding access to quality pre-school education is expected to have positive...

In vielen deutschen Städten ist die Vergabe von freien Plätzen in Kindertagesstätten langwierig und daher mit erheblicher Planungsunsicherheit für Eltern und Verwaltungsaufwand für Kita-Personal verbunden. Gerade der akute Mangel an Betreuungsplätzen führt zu Konkurrenz um Kitaplätze und...

This paper evaluates a government program in Malawi, which aimed to improve quality at community-based childcare centers and complemented these efforts with a group-based parenting support program. Children in the integrated intervention arm (teacher training and parenting) had significantly...

Exploiting admission thresholds in a Regression Discontinuity Design, we study the causal effects of daycare at age 0–2 on cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes at age 8–14. One additional month in daycare reduces IQ by 0.5% (4.5% of a standard deviation). Effects for conscientiousness are...

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...

Zu erwarten sind wachsende Engpässe bei qualifiziertem und erfahrenem Personal in Kindertageseinrichtungen, was die Träger vor große Herausforderungen stellt. Im Fokus der Study steht daher die Frage, wie geeignete personalwirtschaftliche Konzepte gestaltet werden können, um den...

This paper evaluates a government program in Malawi, which aimed to improve quality at community-based childcare centers and complemented these efforts with a group-based parenting support program. Children in the integrated intervention arm (teacher training and parenting) had significantly...

Ronald Coase left an impressive legacy, but that legacy is not complete because the work he is most known for, The Coase Theorem, is largely misunderstood. This article explains The Coase Theorem and Coase's larger work in terms understandable to non-economists and even non-lawyers