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The role of education on postponement of maternity in Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden (Chap. 4)

Employment Choices and Pay Differences between Nonstandard and Standard Work in Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden

Family Policies and Women´s Labor Force Transitions in Connection with Childbirth

The labour force transitions of first-time mothers in Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden

A New Crisis in European Populations. Do Modern Family Policies Help?

Optimal Age for First Birth: Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Sweden (Chapter 9)

Postponement of Maternity and the Duration of Time Spent at Home after First Birth. Panel Data Analyses Comparing Germany, Great Britain, The Netherlands and Sweden

Women's labor force transitions in connection with childbirth: A panel data comparison between Germany, Sweden and Great Britain

Labour supply and commuting

We examine the effect of commuting distance on workers’ labour supply patterns, distinguishing between weekly labour supply, number of workdays per week and daily labour supply. We account for endogeneity of distance by using employer-induced changes in distance. In Germany, distance has a slight positive effect on daily and weekly labour supply, but no effect on the number of workdays. The effect ...

Start Time and Worker Compensation: Implications for Staggered-Hours Programs

There is little known about the effects of staggered-hours programs that affect workers’ working schedules to mitigate peak congestion. We examine the effect of workers’ morning start times on their wages for Germany. In contrast to previous work based on cross-section data, we demonstrate that wages are not, or may be, a slight inverse U-shaped function of start time suggesting that staggered-hours ...