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East and West German Family Policy Compared: The Distribution of Childrearing Costs

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  • Lynn Duggan

    (Division of Labor Studies, Indiana University Bloomington, Poplars 628, Bloomington, IN 47405-3085, USA.)

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This paper examines differences in the costs and subsidies of childrearing in East and West Germany in 1989–1990. A model of childrearing costs is followed by a review of research comparing the distribution of such costs in East and West Germany and a review of methodology for estimating parents' foregone earnings and leisure. The latter are then estimated, using German Socio-Economic Panel data on households with male–female co-resident parents. These estimates are followed by analyses of the distribution of childrearing costs among mothers, fathers, and the state in each country, based on alternate assumptions regarding household income pooling. Comparative Economic Studies (2003) 45, 63–86. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ces.8100002

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  • Lynn Duggan, 2003. "East and West German Family Policy Compared: The Distribution of Childrearing Costs," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 45(1), pages 63-86, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:compes:v:45:y:2003:i:1:p:63-86
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