In the literature there is plenty of evidence available on the effect of childbearing on female employment biographies. In the present paper, we extend the analysis to men and show how parenthood differently affects employment biographies of men and women. We also investigate how these differences change with time. Concretely, we are interested in the question whether in the process of social change ...
Until the mid-1980s, labour markets in Germany were characterized by a high level of employment stability. Employment biographies of men were dominated by full-time employment in both East and West Germany and were hence quite similar in this respect, despite the two regions’ enormously different institutional settings. Since that time however, important changes have occurred. Labour markets have become ...