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The Effect of Poverty on the Health of Newborn Children

This paper analyses the association between health outcomes of newborn children and mother’s poverty status during pregnancy.We use a new questionnaire accompanying the GSOEP which collects abundant information on health outcomes. The findings indicate that there is generally no effect from poverty to health, except on the probability of preterm birth. Furthermore, we find some indication of intergenerational ...

Poverty of Children in Germany and its Impact on Children's Health and Educational Outcomes (Dissertation)

Does family poverty affect the health of newborn children?

Does Money Buy Higher Schooling? Evidence from Secondary School Track Choice in Germany

Self-productivity is a crucial feature in the process of skill formation. It means that skills and health acquired at one stage in the life cycle enhance skills and health formation at later stages. This paper presents an empirical investigation of self-productivity in early childhood in Germany. The data are drawn from the mother-child questionnaire of the German Socio-Economic Panel for the birth ...

Fathers' Parental Leave-Taking, Childcare Involvement and Mothers’ Labor Market Participation

This study analyzes the effect of fathers’ parental leave-taking on the time fathers spend with their children and on mothers’ and fathers’ labor supply. Fathers’ leave-taking is highly selective and the identification of causal effects relies on within-father differences in leave-taking for first and higher order children that were triggered by a policy reform promoting more gender equality in leave-taking. ...

The Effect of Unempolyment Insurance on Unemployment Duration and the Subsequent Employment Stability

Residential Mobility and Housing Adjustment of Older Households in Europe

Unemployment Insurance in Europe: Unemployment Duration and Subsequent Employment Stability

The Effect of Job Displacement on the Transitions to Employment and Early Retirement for Older Workers in Four European Countries

Geographic labour mobility and unemployment insurance in Europe