Frauen in Partnerschaften sind in Deutschland immer häufiger berufstätig. Ihr Beitrag zum gemeinsamen Verdienst lag im Jahr 2011 bei 30 Prozent, was einem Zuwachs von drei Prozentpunkten gegenüber dem Jahr 2000 entspricht. Dies zeigen aktuelle Berechnungen des DIW Berlin auf Grundlage von Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP). Ein wichtiger Grund für diese Entwicklung ist der zunehmende Wechsel ...
This study investigates the effects of maternal education on child's health and health behavior. We draw on a rich German panel data set containing information about three generations. This allows instrumenting maternal education by the number of her siblings while conditioning on grandparental characteristics. The instrumental variables approach has not yet been used in the intergenerational context ...
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This paper takes a labor supply perspective (neoclassical labor supply, job search) to explain the lower employment rates of older workers and women. The basic rationale is that workers choose non-employed if their reservation wages are larger than the offered wages. Whereas the offered wages depend on workers' productivity and firms' decisions, reservation wages are largely determined by workers' ...
To explore single mothers' labor market participation we analyze specific circumstances and dynamics in their life courses. We focus on the question which individual and institutional factors determine both professional advancement and professional descent. Due to dynamics in women's life course identifying and analyzing restrictions and interruptions of employment requires a longitudinal research ...
The paper analyzes the gender pay gap in private-sector management positions based on German panel data and using fixed-effects models. It deals with the effect of occupational sex segregation on wages, and the extent to which wage penalties for managers in predominantly female occupations are moderated by firm size. Drawing on economic and organizational approaches and the devaluation of women's work, ...
