In Deutschland ist lange Jahre über das Recht auf einen Kindergartenplatz gestritten worden. Seit 1996 gibt es einen solchen Rechtsanspruch. Allerdings hapert es bei dessen Umsetzung vor allem aufgrund der leeren öffentlichen Kassen. Die Steuerung des Angebots und die Frage der Finanzierung von Kindertageseinrichtungen stehen daher weiterhin auf der politischen Agenda und gefragt sind fundierte Analysen ...
In 1986 German federal parental leave and benefit policy was expanded in several ways, extending the potential duration of leave from six to ten months and paying child-rearing benefits to all new mothers regardless of their employment status before childbirth. The potential duration has increased four times since 1986 and stood at 18 months in 1991 and three years starting in 1992. This study uses ...
We study the residential choice of siblings who are altruistic towards their parents. The firstborn child's location choice influences the behavior of the second-born child and can shift some of the burden of providing care for the parents from one child to the other. These strategic considerations lead to an equilibrium location pattern with firstborn children locating further away from their parents ...
In this article, we examine the patterns of association among a number of different factors that may contribute to differences in the initial baseline level of subjective well-being among young people in transition to adulthood. By examining the nature and patterns of these associations, we intend to identify potential areas where strategies may be developed-at the individual, micro, or macro level ...