Außerhäusige Kinderbetreuung stand zu keiner Zeit sonderlich im Zentrum bundesdeutscher Sozialpolitik. Erst mit der Einführung eines Rechtsanspruchs auf einen Kindergartenplatz 1992 im Zuge der Neuregelung des Paragraphen 218 und seiner Aufnahme in das Kinder- und Jugendhilfegesetz (KJHG) begann eine verstärkte Auseinandersetzung um die Verantwortung des Staates für eine bedarfsgerechte Kinderbetreuung. ...
In this paper we propose different criteria to rank income distributions according to equality of opportunity. Different from existing ones, our criteria explicitly recognize the interplay between circumstances and effort. We characterize them axiomatically and we compare them with existing criteria; then we propose some scalar measures. We show that our ex post criteria are mostly obtained from "seemingly" ...
In this paper, we assess the impact of international migration and the induced homecare service labor supply shock on fertility decisions and the labor supply of native females in Germany. Specifically, we consider the individual data of native women from the German Socio-Economic Panel and merge them with data on the share of female immigrants and other regional labor market characteristics. We provide ...