By focusing on a period of a major public childcare expansion in Germany, this study
investigates whether higher levels of childcare coverage for under-threes have been …

Within the scientific literature and debate on social investment, public childcare provision
plays a pivotal role. At the same time, critics have argued that social investment is often …

This study investigates whether increased availability of low-cost, state-subsidized childcare
for under 3-year-olds in Germany is associated with shorter employment interruptions …

This study explores the linkage between five policy indicators of public childcare provision
for below threes and maternal employment in terms of employment propensity and …

In East Germany, prior to reunification, daycare provision was widely available to encourage
mothers to return to work soon after giving birth. Conversely, in West Germany, childcare …

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 …

Does the provision of after-school care promote maternal employment and thus help to
foster gender equality in labor supply? We address this question by exploiting variation in …

Expanding public or publicly subsidized childcare has been a top social policy priority in
many industrialized countries. It is supposed to increase fertility, promote children's …

This paper examines the effect of an expansion of subsidized early child care on maternal
labor market outcomes. It contributes to the literature by analyzing, apart from the …

This study investigates how the availability and expansion of childcare services for children
aged under 3 years relate to the subjective wellbeing of German mothers and fathers. It …