Konferenzbeitrag
What makes Single Mothers expand or reduce employment?
To explore single mothers labor market participation we analyze specific circumstances and dynamics in their life courses. We focus on the question which individual and institutional factors determine both professional advancement and professional descent. Due to dynamics in women s life course identifying and analyzing restrictions and interruptions of employment requires a longitudinal research design. The German Socio-Economic Panel (1984-2009) provides all necessary information identifying episodes of single motherhood and employment during life courses. Since family statuses of single mothers are partially endogenous and can end in multiple ways, we use semi-parametric survival models. Competing risks estimations offer a detailed view by analyzing single mothers transition from non-employment to full-time or part-time work and vice versa simultaneously. Estimates show that occupational careers of single mothers are influenced by both individual factors and institutional circumstances. Whereas specific problems occur shortly after becoming a single mother, these problems seem to be dealt with over time. Enhancing labor market participation or maintaining full-time employment as a single mother can be achieved when certain challenges are met such as appointed and reliable working hours. Single mothers that do not have to rely on public childcare arrangements, but are capable of finding individual solutions are more likely to balance work and family life. Among institutional determinants welfare benefits have a negative effect on the market labor participation of women in low-paid jobs.
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Englisch
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Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2012: Neue Wege und Herausforderungen für den Arbeitsmarkt des 21. Jahrhunderts - Session: Households ; No. E02-V2
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Wirtschaft
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Hartmann, Bastian
Hancioglu, Mine
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Veröffentlichung
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2012
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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- Konferenzbeitrag
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- Hartmann, Bastian
- Hancioglu, Mine
Time of origin
- 2012
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