(together with Hielke Buddelmeyer and Daniel Hamermesh)We use longitudinal data on couples in Australia covering the period 2001 to 2012, and in Germany for 2002 to 2012, to examine how demographic events affect perceived time and financial stress. Consistent with the view of measures of stress as proxies for the Lagrangean multipliers in models of household production, we show that births...
We apply a structural model of mothers’ labor supply and child care choices to evaluate the effects of two childcare reforms in Germany that were introduced simultaneously in August 2013. First, a legal claim to subsidized child care became effective for all children aged one year or older. Second, a new benefit called ‘Betreuungsgeld’ came into effect that is granted to families who do not use public ...
In countries with strong employment protection laws it is often considered to be unwise to hire a woman in childbearing age because she might get pregnant. However, such labour demand e ects of job protection measures related to maternity leave are often rather anecdotal. To provide analytical evidence, this paper studies the impact of changes in maternity-related job protection in Germany on employment ...
This paper aims to show the impact of societal change on the demand and supply of long-term care workforce. As age is the major driver of the need for care the growth in the number of elderly and oldest old will increase the demand for long-term care workforce. Caregiving to the elderly is predominantly the task of the family in almost all European countries. However, the majority of European countries ...
This paper aims to show the impact of societal change on the demand and supply of long-term care workforce. As age is the major driver of the need for care the growth in the numberof elderly and oldest old will increase the demand for long-term care workforce. Caregiving to the elderly is predominantly the task of the family in almost all European countries. However, the majority of European countries ...
This paper aims to show the impact of population ageing on the demand and supply of long-term care workforce. As age is the major driver of the need for care the growth in the number of elderly and oldest old will increase the demand for long-term care services. Since 1995 formal care services in institutions and at home as well as cash benefits for informal home care financed by the long-term care ...
The socio-ecological transition will led to an overall change in the supply and demand of goods and services and therefore to a change in consumption as well as production structure at national level, but also to changes in the single sectors. It is expected that in particular three sectors will show a high dynamic caused by the demographic change: the health sector, the long-term care sector as well ...
Tomaso Duso, Head of Department Firms and Markets, has been appointed to the Working Group on Competition Law of the Bundeskartellamt. The group consists of university professors from economic and legal faculties and judges from the competition divisions at the courts, who come together to discuss current competition law issues.
The energy service provider, ista, and the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) are jointly developing the new "Heat Monitor Germany". From autumn 2014, this monitoring programme is to create greater transparency on heating energy consumption and costs throughout Germany. As a result, measures to achieve greater energy efficiency in the building sector are to be implemented ...
The provision of stable and safe drinking water supply is one of the most vital infrastructure services for society. Water supply in Germany is characterized by substantial differences in the water tariffs charged from the final customers throughout the country. While such differences in water tariffs might to some extent be explained by structural differences between theindividual water utilities, ...
