The parental leave benefit reform in Germany: Costs and labour market outcomes of moving towards the nordic model

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 575-591

  Spiess, C Katharina ^a,b   Wrohlich, Katharina ^a  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female labour supply; Micro simulation study; Parental leave

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; COST; FERTILITY; LABOR PARTICIPATION; LABOR POLICY; LABOR SUPPLY; POLICY REFORM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 50849111414     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-008-9086-5     Document Type: Article

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