Occupational information is among the most versatile categories of information about a
person available in quantitative data. The goal of this paper is to provide an overview of …

The authors investigate the relationship between family policy and women's attachment to
the labor market, focusing specifically on policy feedback on women's subjective work …

This article examines whether reducing care and housework duties and redistributing them
within different-sex couples could further enhance gender equality on the labor market in …

This study examines how educational differences in work-care patterns among mothers with
young children in Germany changed between 1997 and 2013. Since the mid-2000s …

In modern welfare states, family policies may resolve the tension between employment and
care-focused demands. However these policies sometimes have adverse consequences for …

Based on a sequence of policy changes in Germany's parental leave programme, the article
uses an interrupted time-series design to provide empirical evidence on the relationship …

One of the fundamental challenges facing modern welfare states is the question of work-
family reconciliation. An increasing share of mothers work, but many European welfare …

In the EU at-risk-of-poverty rates 1 have been quite stable over the last decade (Eurostat
2014). However, some social groups–among them lone mothers–are disproportionately …

Ähnlich wie in anderen europäischen Ländern wird die institutionelle Kinderbetreuung in
Deutschland in erster Linie über ein öffentliches Angebot bereitgestellt. Private …

Despite the increase in dual-earner couples in Germany over recent decades, starting a
family still often leads to a (re-) traditionalization of the division of labour in partnerships, with …