The employment of mothers - recent developments and their determinants in East and West Germany

"We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences disappear over time, and whether there are differences...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hanel, Barbara, Riphahn, Regina T.
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Munich 2010
CESifo
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19183607124919018899-The-employment-of-mothers---re.htm
_version_ 1771659892725121024
author Hanel, Barbara
Riphahn, Regina T.
author_facet Hanel, Barbara
Riphahn, Regina T.
collection Library items
description "We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences disappear over time, and whether there are differences in the developments for high and low skilled females. We find substantial differences in the employment behavior of East and West German mothers. German family policy sets incentives particularly for low income mothers not to return to the labor market after birth. This seems to affect the development of East-West German employment differences as East German women with low earnings potentials appear to adopt West German low employment patterns over time."
format TEXT
geographic Germany
id 19183607124919018899_cbbde3b385e7476aadbf9086db53394e
institution ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
is_hierarchy_id 19183607124919018899_cbbde3b385e7476aadbf9086db53394e
is_hierarchy_title The employment of mothers - recent developments and their determinants in East and West Germany
language English
physical 29 p.
Digital
publishDate 2010
publisher Munich
CESifo
spellingShingle Hanel, Barbara
Riphahn, Regina T.
employment
skill
statistics
working mother
The employment of mothers - recent developments and their determinants in East and West Germany
thumbnail https://www.labourline.org/Image_prev.jpg?Archive=115464693364
title The employment of mothers - recent developments and their determinants in East and West Germany
topic employment
skill
statistics
working mother
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19183607124919018899-The-employment-of-mothers---re.htm