Increasing maternal employment rates engage policies and people for decades. It is pushed but also questioned at the same time depending on whether women are regarded in first line as mothers or workers. In Germany, the male breadwinner model is traditionally favored. The parent’s money reform of 2007 is regarded as a first step towards the dual earner – dual carer model by some scholars. Compared ...
Seit einiger Zeit ist eine Zunahme der geringfuegigen Nebenbeschaeftigung zu beobachten. Damit stellt sich die Frage nach den Bestimmungsgruenden fuer die Ausuebung dieser so genannten Neben-Minijobs. In diesem Beitrag wird auf der Basis eines hybriden Panelmodells mit Daten des sozio-oekonomischen Panels untersucht, inwiefern arbeitsmarkt- und geschlechtsdifferenzielle Einflussfaktoren die Ausuebung ...
Using the difference-in-differences estimator and data provided by the German Socio-Economic Panel, this article explores migrants’ preferences for state-provided welfare. The study finds evidence that over time, the preferences of immigrants and natives become more similar. We interpret this finding as evidence that the culture of home countries does not have a time-invariant effect, and that immigrants’ ...