Männer und Frauen wenden unterschiedlich viel Zeit für unbezahlte Sorgearbeit oder Care-Arbeit auf. Der Gender Care Gap ist der Abstand im Zeitaufwand von Männern und Frauen für Sorgearbeit – also zum Beispiel für die Betreuung von Kindern, die Pflege von Angehörigen oder die Arbeit im Haushalt. DIW-Arbeitsmarktforscherin Clara Schäper fasst im Video die wichtigsten Punkte über den Gender Care...
*************POSTPONED*****************To promote integration, the German government enacted the Residential Obligation Act (Wohnsitzauflage) in 2016, which obliges refugees to maintain their residence in the states to which they have been assigned for a period of three years from the time they are granted asylum or temporary residence. Studies addressing this policy have found controversial...
The part-time wage penalty is a key contributor to the gender wage gap. In this paper, I study how the part-time penalty decomposes in a lack of promotions to higher paying levels of the career ladder and a lack of wage growth conditional on the career level. I develop a dynamic model of labor supply that distinctly features hierarchical wage structures and promotions. I estimate the...
Long periods of part-time work lead to a stagnation of wage growth. In this paper, I study how the wage stagnation decomposes in lack of career development and the lack of wage growth conditional on the career level. I develop a dynamic choice model of labor supply which distinctly incorporates vertical career moves to jobs paying higher wages as a function of the choice of hours of work. I...
Das Interview erschien beim Spiegel. Corona hat für viele Menschen den Arbeitsalltag verändert. Verbessert hat sich für Frauen aber wenig. Arbeitsmarktexpertin Katharina Wrohlich sagt, woran das liegt – und warum Chefs zu Frauen unfairer sind. SPIEGEL: Frau Wrohlich, hat die Pandemie Frauen im Kampf um Gleichberechtigung zurückgeworfen? Wrohlich: Das war am Anfang die Befürchtung. Gleichzeitig ...
This paper examines how culture impacts within-couple gender inequality. Exploiting thesetting of Germany’s division and reunification, I compare child penalties of East Germans whowere socialised in a more gender egalitarian culture to West Germans socialised in a gendertraditionalculture. Using a household panel, I show that the long-run child penalty on thefemale income share is 23.9 percentage ...