ObjectiveThis article looks at couples' migration decision making processes and their gender‐specific employment consequences after migration to Germany.BackgroundInternational migration has evolved into a common experience for couples around the globe. Previous research has focused on the internal migration of couples and families. This article is the first to consider couples' international
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
Since 2000, Germany is experiencing an expansion of early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions for children younger than three as well as increasing availability of full-day care for children aged three or older. More and more children attend ECEC centres for increasingly longer hours. Thus, ECEC centres are becoming an increasingly important environment for children and their parents.
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
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
Expanding public or publicly subsidized childcare has been a top social policy priority in many industrialized countries. It is supposed to increase fertility, promote children’s development and enhance mothers’ labor market attachment. In this paper, we analyze the causal effect of one of the largest expansions of subsidized childcare for children up to three years among industrialized countries
Longitudinal studies have documented improvements in parents’ life satisfaction due to childbearing, followed by postpartum adaptation back to baseline. However, the details underlying this process remain largely unexplored. Based on past literature, set-point theory, and results from an exploratory sample, we investigated empirically how first childbirth affected satisfaction with specific
Zeit spaltet die Gesellschaft Wer nicht gut verdient, hat häufig keine Gelegenheit, sein Einkommen durch Mehrarbeit zu verbessern. Politik und Wirtschaft schränken die Arbeitszeiten zu sehr ein. Kolumne Dieser Beitrag ist am 29. November 2019 der ZEIT ONLINE–Kolumne Fratzschers Verteilungsfragen erschienen. Hier finden Sie alle Beiträge von Marcel Fratzscher.
Studie untersucht auf Basis des Mikrozensus, wie frühere Kita-Gebührenabschaffungen das Erwerbsverhalten beeinflusst haben – Kein Effekt auf Erwerbstätigenquote der Mütter, Wochenarbeitszeit steigt nur kurzfristig – Maßnahmen wie gezieltere steuerliche Absetzbarkeit von Kinderbetreuungskosten könnten effizienter sein Die meisten Bundesländer wollen
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