We analyze whether mothers’ parental leave decisions depend on their coworkers’ decisions. The identification of peer effects bears various challenges due to correlated characteristics within social groups. We therefore exploit quasi-random variation in the costs of parental leave induced by a policy reform in Germany. The reform encourages mothers to remain at home during the first year following ...
We estimate the causal effect of maternal education on the mental health of mother’s children in late adolescence and adulthood. Theoretical considerations are ambiguous about a causal effect of maternal education on children’s mental health. To identify the causal effect of maternal education, we exploit exogenous variation in maternal years of schooling, caused by a compulsory schooling law reform ...
Die Entscheidung für oder gegen ein Studium hängt in Deutschland nach wie vor von sozioökonomischen Merkmalen ab. Dazu zählen etwa die Bildung der Eltern oder das Einkommen des Haushalts, in dem Abiturientinnen und Abiturienten aufgewachsen sind. Bisher eher unbeachtet blieb die Frage, welchen Einfluss Persönlichkeitseigenschaften haben. Die vorliegende Studie zeigt auf Basis des Nationalen Bildungspanels ...
Die extrem lockere Geldpolitik der letzten Jahre hat Befürchtungen aufkommen lassen, dass Haushalte mit bestimmten demografischen und finanziellen Merkmalen übermäßig stark vom Niedrigzinsumfeld profitieren. Die Geldpolitik erscheint in diesem Zusammenhang als ein möglicher Faktor, der die Vermögensungleichheit zwischen den Geschlechtern verstärkt, da Frauen erwiesenermaßen risikoscheuer, weniger kompetent ...
The ultra-loose monetary policy of recent years has raised concerns that the low interest rate environment may overly benefit households with specific demographic and financial characteristics. In this context, monetary policy can be a potential driver of gender wealth inequality, since women are known to be more risk averse, less financially literate, and to participate less in the financial markets ...
This paper examines the effects of substantial changes in paid parental leave on child development and socio-economic development gaps. We analyse a German reform that replaced a means-tested with an earnings-related benefit scheme. Higher-income households benefited relatively more from the reform than low-income households. The reform expanded paid leave in the first year, while it removed paid leave ...
Our study analyzes the fertility effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. We study the effects of violence on both the duration time to the first birth in the early post-genocide period and on the total number of post-genocide births per woman up to 15 years following the conflict. We use individual-level data from Demographic and Health Surveys, estimating survival and count data models. This article ...
