Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/29906 
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Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Ruhr Economic Papers No. 97
Publisher: 
Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI), Essen
Abstract: 
This paper examines the impact of a change in the German child benefit system in 1996, which led to a large increase in lump sum transfers to families with children. We analyze the impact on the labor force participation of family members. Comparing behavioral changes of adults with children with behavioral changes of adults without children, we find that single mothers and mothers with a working partner considerably reduced the number of working hours (conditional on participation). Participation rates however did not decrease. For single fathers neither participation rates nor working hours display any significant changes.
Subjects: 
Child support
labor supply
program evaluation
JEL: 
H31
I38
J22
ISBN: 
978-3-86788-108-1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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