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The Relationship between Fertility and Female Employment in East and West Germany

Pozder, Maria LU (2014) EKHM51 20141
Department of Economic History
Abstract
The paper investigates the relationship between fertility and female employment in East and West Germany in both a historical context and a status quo analysis. Thereby a major focus is placed on the different impacts of female part and full time employment on fertility. A descriptive part looks at the long-term trends also including pre-reunification characteristics and differences between both regions and shows region-specific characteristics. The second part makes use of a fixed effects panel data set of all sixteen federal states in Germany within the time period 2001-2011. The theoretical concept used for the econometric analysis is Becker’s fertility model regarding the demand of children in respect of opportunity costs and relative... (More)
The paper investigates the relationship between fertility and female employment in East and West Germany in both a historical context and a status quo analysis. Thereby a major focus is placed on the different impacts of female part and full time employment on fertility. A descriptive part looks at the long-term trends also including pre-reunification characteristics and differences between both regions and shows region-specific characteristics. The second part makes use of a fixed effects panel data set of all sixteen federal states in Germany within the time period 2001-2011. The theoretical concept used for the econometric analysis is Becker’s fertility model regarding the demand of children in respect of opportunity costs and relative costs of children. (Less)
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author
Pozder, Maria LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
– An Empirical Analysis of the Historical Development and Current Status –
course
EKHM51 20141
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
fertility, female employment, GDR, FRG, East-West differences
language
English
id
4469721
date added to LUP
2014-06-26 10:43:49
date last changed
2014-06-26 10:43:49
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  abstract     = {{The paper investigates the relationship between fertility and female employment in East and West Germany in both a historical context and a status quo analysis. Thereby a major focus is placed on the different impacts of female part and full time employment on fertility. A descriptive part looks at the long-term trends also including pre-reunification characteristics and differences between both regions and shows region-specific characteristics. The second part makes use of a fixed effects panel data set of all sixteen federal states in Germany within the time period 2001-2011. The theoretical concept used for the econometric analysis is Becker’s fertility model regarding the demand of children in respect of opportunity costs and relative costs of children.}},
  author       = {{Pozder, Maria}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Relationship between Fertility and Female Employment in East and West Germany}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}