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Seminar The effect of unemployment on the mental health of spouses - Evidence from plant closures in Germany
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract:
Previous studies on the health effects of unemployment neglect spillover effects on spouses. This study estimates the effect of one spouse's unemployment on the mental health of the other spouse. In order to give the estimates a causal interpretation, this study focuses on an exogenous entry into unemployment (plant closure), and combines matching based on entropy balancing and difference-in-difference to make the estimation robust against selection on observables and time-invariant unobservables. Using German Socio-Economic Panel Study data this paper finds that unemployment decreases the mental health for spouses almost as much as for the directly affected individuals. The findings highlight that previous studies underestimate the public health costs of job loss as they do not consider the consequences for spouses.

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Speaker

• Jan Marcus, DIW Berlin

Zeit

6.30-8.00 pm

Ort

Humboldt Universität Berlin Room 125 Spandauer Str. 1 10178 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ronny Freier

Tel.: +49 30 89789 158

Ansprechpartner
extern

Davud Rostam-Afschar, FU Berlin

Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen The Generalized Roy Model and The Cost-Benefit Analysis of Social Programs

The standard analysis of treatment effects only considers the gross benefit of treatment and does not consider the cost as perceived by the agents or the surplus arising from participation in programs (the private subjective evaluation of the program). This paper extends the analysis of Heckman and Vytlacil (1999, 2005) to identify parameters measuring the costs and net gains of arising from participation in a program within the context of a generalized Roy model. The analysis does not require that the analyst observe the subjective cost of treatment. Instead, we use information derived from agent choices about participating in a program to infer the cost of treatment as perceived by the agent. We apply our methodology to the analysis of college choice and nd that variability in net gains from attending college is mainly due to variability in the cost associated with schooling.

Referent

• Philipp Eisenhauer (ZEW Mannheim)

Zeit

16:30-17:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
It’s the Economy, Stupid: A Context-based Theory of Civic and Political Participation in Germany

There has been a recent shift in Political Science towards integrating
aggregate-level contextual factors into the study of individual-level
political behaviors. while intriguing, findings are inconsistent and
this research area is bereft of theoretical underpinnings. The
underlying idea that drives my dissertation is that civic and
political participation are, at least partially, a response to
economic, political and social realities.The literature on social
context is rooted in the idea that the perception of threat influences
civic and political behaviors. As I argue, perceptions of the threat
represented by foreigners-and thus the impact of social context-vary
based on local economic context. Foreigners are more likely to be seen
as threatening in cities with restricted capacities to fulfill their
traditional welfare tasks, which has consequences for civic and
political behaviors.To develop this theory, I merge SOEP data with
city-level economic, social and demographic data

Referent

• Lindsay M. Pettingill (Georgetown University)

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Elisabeth Bügelmayer

Tel.: +49 30 89789 344

Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen Labor supply of mothers with young children: Validating a structural model using a natural experiment

In this paper we estimate an intertemporal structural model of labor supply for mothers with young children. In order to validate the structural model, we make use of a recently introduced parental leave reform in Germany. We compare the behavioral predictions of the structural model under the reform (out-of-sample fit) to results based on an evaluation of the parental leave reform as a natural experiment. We show that the structural model predicts actual behavior reasonably well. Based on both methods we find that due to the new parental leave scheme, that pays higher benefits for a shorter period of time, labor supply of mothers in the first year after giving birth declines, however increases in the second year. The results differ by socio-economic characteristics. We find the strongest effects for low-income mothers, who have a significantly higher probability to return to work two years after giving birth than under the old parental leave scheme.

Referent

• Dr. Katharina Wrohlich, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12:00-13:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Integrating Inequality in Multidimensional Poverty Indices: The Correlation Sensitive Poverty Index

The study deals with the inclusion of inter-personal inequality in multidimensional poverty indices. Inter-personal inequality is usually equated with association among poverty dimensions, i.e. whether a substitute, complement, or independent relationship exists among the poverty dimensions in question. The equation produced a situation where the existence of simultaneous deprivations serves as the main justification for poverty measures to go beyond simple averages, yet is usually neglected in the actual calculations. This is also the case for the popular Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) utilised by UNDP in their Human Development Reports. The study questions the appropriateness of the equation and suggests to take a more holistic approach by defining inter-personal inequality as the association-sensitive spread of simultaneous deprivations across the population. The suggested definition is introduced in the form of a new axiom and it is demonstrated how this proceeding leads to a new identification method and eventually to a new class of correlation sensitive poverty indices. This new class is unique in the sense that it is the first class of additive poverty indices that i) is able to account for the fact that households may suffer from simultaneous deprivations, and ii) is association-sensitive. An example from India illustrates the empirical relevance of the new methodological approach. In particular, evidence is provided that reveals how the additional information provided by the new indices when compared to the MPI has the potential to improve the targeting of poverty reduction policies.

Referent

• Nicole Rippin (Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik)

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Ferdinand-Friedensburg-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen Effects of changes in student composition on teacher mobility. Evidence from the admission reform

This paper examines teacher job mobility using matcher employee-employer panel data from Stockholm municipality upper secondary schools. I utilize the exogenous change in upper secondary school admission which led to the sharp reshuffling of students within the municipality. This quasi experimental set up provides a unique opportunity to investigate the relationship between changes in student attributes and changes in teacher quality and turnover, which are not confounded with changes in school or neighborhood characteristics. Comparison of ordinary least squares and difference-in-differences estimates suggest that the former ones are severely biased and could provide a highly misleading, from policy perspective, conclusions. The causal estimates indicate that schools that experience upward shocks in student quality are more successful in retaining teachers, in particular, these that are more experienced and of high cognitive skills. Furthermore, I do find significant heterogeneity in the impact of minorities and principals compensatory behavior towards teachers. Nonetheless, the results suggest that student characteristics are endogenous to teacher turnover decisions.

Referent

• Krzysztof Karbownik (Uppsala University)

Zeit

12:30-13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Symposium Eighth International Young Scholar German Socio-Economic Panel Symposium

For the 8th time the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) of the University of Bremen and the Jacobs University and the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) in collaboration with the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study (HWK) are pleased to announce the
"International Young Scholar German Socio-Economic Panel Symposium".

The symposium provides an opportunity for doctoral students of all disciplines (e.g. economics, demography, psychology, sociology, public health, geography) at any stage of their doctoral thesis, to present empirical research in progress - carried out with panel data (especially SOEP data) - and to discuss theoretical, conceptual and empirical issues with senior researchers. We encourage interested young scholars to submit abstracts.

If you would like to attend the symposium, please submit an abstract of your topic (350 words, in English) together with complete contact information before November 15, 2011. We will inform you whether your proposal has been accepted before December 15, 2011. The deadline for submission of the full paper (3.000 words) will be February 15, 2012.

All accepted papers will be made accessible to commentators and participants one month prior to the symposium. During the symposium each presenter will have about 20 minutes for presentation, 10 minutes comments by a senior researcher, and 10 minutes plenary discussion. The official language of the symposium will be English.

Catering as well as accommodation for non-locals will be provided. The conference fee is € 25.

Mehr Informationen

• Call for Papers

Ort

Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg Delmenhorst/ Germany

Ansprechpartner
extern

Anne-Luise Baumann
Tel.: +49 (0) 421-218 66354
Fax: +49 (0) 421-218 66353
Email: abaumann@bigsss-bremen.de

Maike Schulz
Tel.: +49 (0) 421-218 66417
Fax: +49 (0) 421-218 66353
Email: mschulz@bigsss-bremen.de

BIGSSS
PO Box 33 04 40
28334 Bremen

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Social Change and Family Formation: The German Reunification

This project uses the German reunification to study how social change impacts two aspects of women's family formation: standardization - the degree to which women's family formation is similar, and pluralization - the development of new family formation patterns. In view of the Second Demographic Transition (SDT), institutional, economic, and ideational explanations for family behavior are discussed. The study proposes a new sequence analytical approach to calculate within and between group differences in family formation trajectories. Findings from the German Life History Study (GLHS) show a rapid de-standardization of family formation among East German women after the reunification. With the breakdown of the communist regime, East German women shifted away from a traditional early marriage pattern to alternative family forms. In contrast, West German women's family formation is more standardized after the reunification than before. They polarize into either a traditional or a delayed family formation pattern. As a result, East and West German women's family formation is just as different in the decades following the reunification as it was in divided Germany. The findings support that de-standardization and pluralization of family formation are transitional features of the SDT with a re-standardization of new family forms, once societies have passed through the SDT.

Referent

• Anette Fasang (HU Berlin)

Zeit

13:30 - 14:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Ferdinand-Friedensburg-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
How Important is the Family? Evidence from Sibling Correlations in the US, Germany and Denmark

This paper is the first to analyze intergenerational economic mobility based on sibling correlations in permanent economic outcomes in Germany and to provide a cross-country comparison of Germany, Denmark, and the US. The main findings are as follows: the importance of family and community background in Germany is higher than in Denmark and comparable to that in the US. This holds true for brothers and sisters. In Denmark 20 percent of the inequality in permanent earnings can be attributed to family and community factors shared by brothers while the corresponding estimates are 43 percent in Germany and 45 percent in the US. For sisters the estimates are 19 percent for Denmark, 39 percent for Germany and 29 percent for the US. This ranking is shown to be robust against alternative approaches.

Referent

• Dr. Daniel D. Schnitzlein, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen Risks and Returns to Educational Fields - A financial asset approach to vocational and academic education

Applying a financial assets approach, we investigate the risks and returns to investments into different types of human capital. Even so the returns from investing in human capital have expensively been studied, little is known about the properties of the return to different types of human capital. Using information from the German Micro Census, we estimate the risk and returns to around 70 fields of study and differentiate between vocational and academic education. We find that there is a general trade-off between returns and earnings risk and human capital investments. Furthermore, we rank fields of education by their returns per unit of risk and find that academic education is not always superior to vocational education.

Referent

• Johanna Storck, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12:30-13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Workshop SOEPcampus@DIW Berlin 2012
Workshop zur Einführung in die Nutzung von SOEP-Daten

Am 27. und 28. Februar 2012 veranstalten wir in Zusammenarbeit mit der TU Berlin wieder einen deutschsprachigen Einführungskurs zur Analyse der SOEP-Daten. Neben einleitenden Plenarveranstaltungen mit Vorträgen zu „Inhalt, Struktur und Nutzungsmöglichkeiten der SOEPDaten" und „Hochrechnung und Gewichtung" sowie einer Online-Demonstration der vielfältigen Möglichkeiten von www-SOEPinfo liegt der Schwerpunkt des Workshops in Hands-on-Sessions. In deren Verlauf wird der Umgang mit den SOEP-Daten auf Basis verschiedener Softwarepakete am PC in kleinen Arbeitsgruppen geübt. Zudem wird auch das umfangreiche Dokumentationsmaterial und die SOEP-Support-Software (SOEPlit, SOEPinfo, Desktop Companion, BIOSCOPE, NEWSPELL) vorgestellt.

Anmeldung

Die Anmeldung für den Workshop war ab 9. Januar 2012 möglich. Inzwischen ist die maximale Zahl der TeilnehmerInnen von rund 30 Personen erreicht, eine Anmeldung ist nicht mehr möglich.
Die Teilnahme am Workshop ist kostenfrei; allerdings wird eine geringe Verpflegungspauschale (ca. 20 Euro) erhoben und die Reisekosten müssen selbst übernommenwerden.

Vorausgesetzte Kenntnisse

Eine absolute Voraussetzung sind Kenntnisse einer Analyse-Software: Der Workshop gibt eine Einführung in die Analyse der SOEP-Daten, aber nicht in Software-Pakete wie Stata, SPSS oder SAS. Teilen Sie uns mit der Anmeldung bitte mit, welches Software-Paket Sie vorrangig nutzen. Weiterhin bitten wir um stichwortartige Angaben zur inhaltlichen Fragestellung, die Sie mit den SOEP-Daten bearbeiten wollen sowie zum geplanten Untersuchungsdesign.

Sollten Sie weitere Fragen zum Workshop haben, wenden Sie sich bitte an das SOEP Office (SOEPcampus@diw.de).

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Christine Kurka

Tel.: +49 30 89789 283

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Die Auswirkungen politischen Wandels auf Armutsrisiken von Erwerbstätigen in Deutschland

Die sozial- und arbeitsmarktpolitischen Rahmenbedingungen des Arbeitsmarktes in Deutschland haben sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten fundamental verändert. Die präsentierte Studie untersuchen Auswirkungen dieses Prozesses auf die ökonomischen Lebensbedingungen von Erwerbstätigen. Beleuchtet wird dabei insbesondere das Zusammenwirken von institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen und individuellen Eigenschaften auf Niedriglohn- und Armutsrisiken. Allen Teilstudien liegt dabei ein theoretisches Modell zugrunde, welches erklärt, weshalb in Deutschland insbesondere Einsteiger und Wiedereinsteiger in den Arbeitsmarkt von reformbedingten Wettbewerbsverschärfungen betroffen sind. Dieses Modell stellt einerseits auf Erkenntnisse zu Insider/ Outsider-Disparitäten ab und beruht andererseits auf Theorien zur sozialen Schließung. Die Vorhersagen dieses Erklärungsmodells werden empirischen Überprüfungen unterzogen, die in den einzelnen Teilstudien jeweils auf unterschiedliche Untersuchungsdesigns (Zeitvergleich, Zweiländervergleich, Mehrebenenmodell) aufsetzen.

Referent

• Dr. Marco Giesselmann, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen The Dynamics of Earnings in Germany: Evidence from Social Security Records

We examine patterns of earnings volatility for male employees who are subject to statutory social security contributions in West Germany over the period 1986 - 2005. For this purpose, we analyse individual records covering highly reliable earnings biographies provided by the German Social Security Administration. We decompose earnings into permanent and transitory components and estimate parameters of the underlying variance-covariance structure of the earnings components model. This provides insights into the mechanics of earnings dynamics of the German labour market. We find evidence for increasing overall volatility which is predominantly driven by the permanent earnings component and therefore indicates increasing earnings inequality.

Referent

• Holger Lüthen, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12:30-13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Daniel Kemptner

Tel.: +49 30 89789 517

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Is health a predictor of job loss and high status attainment? A gender sensitive approach to health selection on the labor market

Health effects on the labor market have most often been assessed using wage as the outcome variable. I estimate health effects on involuntary job loss and attainment of a high status position to see if health has an impact beyond wages. Using SOEP data and controlling for a wide range of human capital and non-labor-market constraints to capture indirect health selection I can show that there are indeed health effects on job loss and high status attainment. These effects differ by gender for high status attainment, but not for job loss. An explanation of increased returns to health in presence of discrimination is offered.
In the end problems regarding measurement of health and bias due to simultaneity are and possible are discussed.

Referent

• Hannes Neiss, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen When can we trust population thresholds in regression discontinuity designs

A recent literature uses variation just around legislative population thresholds to identify causal effects of institutional changes. We review the use of regression discontinuity designs using such thresholds. Our concern is threefold: (1) simultaneous exogenous (co-)treatment, (2) simultaneous endogenous choices and (3) manipulation and precise control over population measures. Revisiting the study by Egger and Koethenbuerger (2010), who analyse the relationship between council size and government spending, we present new evidence that these concerns matter for causal analysis. Our results suggest that empirical designs using population thresholds should be used with utmost care and confidence in the precise institutional setting.

Referent

• Ronny Freier, Ph.D., DIW Berlin
• Florian Ade

Zeit

12:30-13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Daniel Kemptner

Tel.: +49 30 89789 517

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar Soziale Ungleichheiten in der beruflichen Weiterbildung

Wer nimmt wie viel an Weiterbildung teil und wer eher nicht? Diese zentralen Fragestellungen der Weiterbildungsforschung sind umso bedeutender, je mehr das Postulat des Lebenslangen Lernens propagiert wird. Der Vortrag versucht eine synthetische Perspektive zur Erklärung der Teilnahme an beruflicher Weiterbildung im Lichte verschiedener bildungsökonomischer und -soziologischer Theorien einzunehmen. Anhand der Weiterbildungsdaten der SOEP-Erhebungswellen 1989, 1993, 2000, 2004 und 2008 werden zunächst die Entwicklung der Teilnahme an beruflicher Weiterbildung und mögliche Erklärungsfaktoren, die diese beeinflussen, diskutiert. Dazu gehören u.a. das Alter, der Bildungshintergrund, das Geschlecht und die damit verbundene Frage nach der Kinderbetreuung, der Migrationshintergrund, die Branchen- und die Milieuzugehörigkeit. Unter Berücksichtigung des Beziehungsgeflechts der erklärenden Indikatoren soll zudem beantwortet werden, welche Faktoren einen maßgeblichen Einfluss auf das Weiterbildungsverhalten haben sowie welche Determinanten die Weiterbildungsteilnahme innerhalb verschiedener Teilarbeitsmärkte und Branchensegmenten beeinflussen.

Referent

• Alexander Yendell, Universität Münster

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen Estimating Heterogeneous Returns to Education in Germany via Conditional Second Moments

In this paper I explore the relationship between education and log wages using an identification approach based on conditional second moments. Drawing upon data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP) I show that seemingly conflicting IV studies can be reconciled accounting for their LATE interpretation. I confirm existing empirical evidence by finding heterogeneous returns to education for graduates from different school tracks. The wage premium of one additional year of education is 3% for graduates from the basic school track. For graduates from a higher school track the return is around 9%. Various robustness checks support my results.

Referent

• Nils Saniter, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Daniel Kemptner

Tel.: +49 30 89789 517

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar Metadatenmanagement für Nichtinformatiker: Warum brauchen wir ein neues SOEPinfo? Und was ist eigentlich ein Data Warehouse?

Ncube, XML, RDBMS, DWH, OO, RDF, CRUD-Objects, SQL, ETL, BCNF, … -- Nicht zuletzt die Flut an Abkürzungen ist für Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftler eine große Hürde sich auf informationstechnische Fragestellungen einzulassen. In meiner Präsentation möchte ich daher zuerst grundlegende Konzepte und Begriffe des Datenmanagements veranschaulichen und darstellen, warum diese Konzepte an Bedeutung für die Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften gewinnen. Mit einem kleinen Exkurs zur Bedeutung von Standards im allgemeinen und der Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) im speziellen geht es dann zur Repräsentation von Daten im Internet: Warum soll SOEPinfo neu entwickelt werden und wie sehen die Anforderungen an ein zeitgemäßes Metadatensystem aus?

Referent

• Marcel Hebing, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Parenthood, maternal labour market return, and gender inequality in housework: A comparison of different parental leave contexts

Pia Schober (University of Cambridge)

This paper investigates the effect of the timing and extent of mothers' labour market return after a birth on couples' division of housework in Britain and West-Germany. This improves our understanding of how parenthood gives rise to a trend towards a more traditional division of housework in couples. By comparing Britain and West-Germany with their different parental leave policies and observing several policy reforms in each country over time, this study provides new evidence how contextual variations in parental leave policies may impact on the division of housework in couples.

Methodologically, this research extends the literature by applying multilevel multiprocess models to reduce the risk of unobserved heterogeneity biasing estimates of interrelated decisions after repeated life-course events. I estimate simultaneously the timing and extent of mothers' labour market return, the likelihood of having another child, and the time women and men in couples allocate to housework in the years following a first or second birth. The empirical analysis is based on data from the British Household Panel Survey (1991-2008) and the German Socio-Economic Panel (1985-2009).

The results suggest that returning to the labour market full-time work is more effective than short leave durations in reducing the trend towards a more traditional division of housework in couples. Unobserved characteristics, such as work and family orientations, account for most of the association of housework time with the length of mothers' employment interruption and significantly weaken the association with women's full-time labour market return, especially in Britain. Parental leave policy reforms in both countries are associated with the division of housework only through their impact on the extent and timing of women's return to work. In line with theory, I find some evidence of a stronger association of women's quick and full-time labour market return with lower housework time for women in Britain than in West-Germany.

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308