Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

The Child Penalty: Implications of Parenthood on Labour Market Outcomes for Men and Women in Germany

Whilst gender inequality has been falling in the developed world, child-related gender inequality in pay has stayed constant. In this paper I use German panel data spanning across 33 years from 1984 until 2017 including over 50,000 individuals. The main contribution of this paper is the analysis of the effect of parenthood on women’s and men’s earnings using propensity score matching. I estimate the ...

From dawn till dusk: Implications of full-day care for children’s development

An important issue on the political agenda of many developed countries is the intensive margin of formal child care and, consequently, the effects of expanding the operating hours of child care institutions. We add to this debate by studying the effects of offering full-day child care on child development. Specifically, we analyze the consequences of a substantial increase of full-day slots at the ...

Globalization, Fertility and Marital Behavior in a Lowest-Low Fertility Setting

Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we analyze the effects of exposure to globalization on the fertility and marital behavior in Germany, until recently a lowest-low fertility setting. We find that exposure to greater import competition from Eastern Europe led to worse labor market outcomes and lower fertility rates. In contrast, workers in industries that benefited from increased ...

Wage Determination in the Shadow of the Law: The Case of Works Councilors in Germany

The German law on co-determination at the plant level (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz) stipulates that works councilors are neither to be financially rewarded nor penalized for their activities. This regulation contrasts with publicized instances of excessive payments. The divergence has sparked a debate about the need to reform the law. This paper provides representative evidence on wage payments to works ...

Die absolute Ungleichheit steigt durch Erbschaften und Schenkungen: Interview

Can Regional Gender Ideologies Account for Variation of Gender Pay Gaps? The Case of Germany

While research often invokes gender disparities in wage-determining characteristics to explain gender pay gaps, why these gender disparities and gender pay gaps vary across contexts has received less attention. Therefore, I analyze how subnational gender ideologies predict gender pay gaps in two ways: as directly affecting gender pay gaps and as indirectly predicting gender pay gaps through intermediate ...

Job Placement via Private vs. Public Employment Agencies: Investigating Selection Effects and Job Match Quality in Germany

Employment agencies aim to match individuals to appropriate jobs. There are public and private employment agencies, which co-exist in many countries. Selection effects may be relevant in the sense that private agencies potentially engage in ‘cream-skimming’ by prioritizing highly qualified workers. The resulting job match quality is also important from an individual, a firm, and a society perspective. ...

Hälfte aller Erbschaften und Schenkungen geht an die reichsten zehn Prozent aller Begünstigten

Rund zehn Prozent aller Erwachsenen in Deutschland haben in den vergangenen 15 Jahren mindestens eine Erbschaft oder größere Schenkung erhalten. Die durchschnittliche Höhe dieser Erbschaften beläuft sich dabei real auf etwas mehr als 85 000 Euro pro Person, jene der Schenkungen auf 89 000 Euro, wie Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels zeigen. Gegenüber dem Jahr 2001 haben sich die Erbschaften und Schenkungen ...

Hartz-IV-Reformvorschlag: Weder sozialpolitischer Meilenstein noch schleichende Einführung eines bedingungslosen Grundeinkommens

Während des ersten Corona-Lockdowns wurde der Zugang zu Hartz IV erleichtert, um die Folgen der Eindämmungsmaßnahmen abzufedern. So wurden beispielsweise die Angemessenheitsprüfung zu den Unterkunftskosten und die Vermögensprüfung abgeschafft sowie auf Sanktionen verzichtet. Diese Änderungen waren zunächst bis Ende März befristet und wurden jetzt im Rahmen des jüngsten Koalitionsausschusses bis zum ...

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