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dc.contributor.authorWagner, Mareikeen
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-16-
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-26T11:31:20Z-
dc.date.available2012-10-26T11:31:20Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/65651-
dc.description.abstractGiven shortages in public child care in Germany, this paper asks whether social support with child care and domestic work by spouses, kin and friends can facilitate mothers' return to full-time or part-time positions within the first six years after birth. Using SOEP data from 1993-2009 and event history analyses for competing risks, the author compares the employment transitions of West German, East German and migrant mothers of pre-school children. The results indicate that West German and migrant mothers return to work sooner if they have access to kin, and that kinship support is particularly important when public child care is unavailable. Furthermore, West German and migrant mothers are more likely to work full-time if their spouses partipate in domestic work. In contrast, social support does not affect employment transitions in East Germany where public child care is more easily accessible and continuous female employment is a prevalent social norm.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aDeutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) |cBerlinen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aSOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research |x483en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordmaternal employmenten
dc.subject.keywordchild careen
dc.subject.keywordsocial supporten
dc.subject.stwMütteren
dc.subject.stwBerufliche Integrationen
dc.subject.stwWeibliche Arbeitskräfteen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsverhältnisen
dc.subject.stwKinderbetreuungen
dc.subject.stwSoziales Netzwerken
dc.subject.stwMigrantenen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.subject.stwAlte Bundesländeren
dc.subject.stwNeue Bundesländeren
dc.titleThe impact of social support networks on maternal employment: A comparison of West German, East German and migrant mothers of pre-school children-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn727560646en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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