The Impact of Private and Public Childcare Provision on the Distribution of Children's Incomes in Germany

Konferenzbeitrag

This paper investigates the impact of extending disposable cash income of children by the monetary value of private and public childcare provision on economic inequality in Germany between 2008 and 2012. It takes account of the multidimensionality of children's well-being and access to economic resources. Combining survey data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) with administrative data from the German Federal Statistical Offce I find extended income inequality to be significantly lower than cash income inequality. In addition, extended income inequality tends to decrease over time, whereas cash income inequality increases. This difference is very likely due to the expansion of public childcare provision and gives slight evidence for its inequality decreasing potential.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2016: Demographischer Wandel - Session: Conflicts over Public Goods ; No. A10-V2

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation ; Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions ; National Government Expenditures and Education

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Stockhausen, Maximilian
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
• (where): Kiel und Hamburg
• (when): 2016

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/145638
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET