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Working with David on Both Sides of the Atlantic

Early Education and Care Quality: Does It Matter for Maternal Working Hours?

This study investigates whether mothers whose children enter early childhood education and care (ECEC) centers of higher quality are more likely to work longer hours. The empirical analysis links the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) Study with the K2iD-SOEP extension study, which collected ECEC quality information from childcare centers across Germany. Based on a sample of 556 mothers of 628 children with ...

Is There Still Son Preference in the United States?

In this paper, we use 2008-2013 American Community Survey data to update and further probe evidence on son preference in the United States. In light of the substantial increase in immigration, we examine this question separately for natives and immigrants. Dahl and Moretti (2008) found earlier evidence consistent with son preference in that having a female first child raised fertility and increased ...

Looking for the Missing Rich: Tracing the Top Tail of the Wealth Distribution

We analyse the top tail of the wealth distribution in France, Germany, and Spain using the first and second waves of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS). Since top wealth is likely to be under-represented in household surveys, we integrate big fortunes from rich lists, estimate a Pareto distribution, and impute the missing rich. In addition to the Forbes list, we rely on national rich ...

Zukunft der kapitalgedeckten Alterssicherung in Deutschland

Die neuen Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 1/2019 zur Zukunft der kapitalgedeckten Alterssicherung in Deutschland – zwischen Staatsfonds und individuellem Vermögenskonto sind bei Duncker & Humblot erschienen. Die Ausgabe umfasst Beiträge von: Markus M. Grabka, Carsten Schröder und Timm BönkeZukunft der kapitalgedeckten Alterssicherung in Deutschland – ...

Dawud Ansari has successfully defended his dissertation

Dawud Ansari, who works at the Energy, Transportation, Environment Department, has successfully defended his dissertation at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The dissertation with the title "Numerical models for emerging energy and resource issues: Examples from tight oil, global energy, and rural electrification" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Klaus Eisenack (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) ...

Dawud Ansari has successfully defended his dissertation

Dawud Ansari, who works at the Energy, Transportation, Environment Department, has successfully defended his dissertation at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The dissertation with the title "Numerical models for emerging energy and resource issues: Examples from tight oil, global energy, and rural electrification" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Klaus Eisenack (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) ...

Family Separation and Refugee Mental Health: a Network Perspective

How do the structure and relational features of family networks affect refugees’ mental health after migration, particularly when refugees are geographically separated from their family? Using the first wave of the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees, which is representative of the population of refugees who arrived in Germany between 2013 and 2016, this study finds that the size of the nuclear family ...

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Zwischenbilanz zum Gute-KiTa-Gesetz: Ist gut gemeint auch gut gemacht?

Mit dem Gute-KiTa-Gesetz hat der Bund erstmalig ein Gesetz verabschiedet, das explizit zum Ziel hat, die Qualität der Kindertagesbetreuung in Deutschland zu verbessern. Dazu werden den Ländern, auf Grundlage von Verträgen der einzelnen Bundesländer mit dem Bund, Bundesmittel zur Verfügung gestellt. Die Bundesländer wählen aus zehn Handlungsfeldern aus und...