The contribution of mothers' employment on their family's chances of ending welfare benefit receipt in Germany

Abstract

"The following article investigates to what extent individual employment of mothers contributes to ending receipt of welfare benefits in Germany. It disentangles the process of an employment related exit into two stages: first, the process of taking up employment and second, the probability of ending benefit receipt with this new employment. This analysis focuses on mothers because they face particular restrictions on their labour market behaviour. It identifies the determinants involved using event history and probit models on the basis of longitudinal administrative data on benefit receipt and employment. Whereas the time and effort spent on childcare based on the age of the youngest child only influences the taking up of employment, household size plays a role only in the probability of ending benefit receipt. The individual labour market resources of the mothers support access to the labour market, the job position and type of employment relationship is decisive for exits from benefit receipt." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Lietzmann, T. (2017): The contribution of mothers' employment on their family's chances of ending welfare benefit receipt in Germany. Analysis of a two-stage process. In: Sociological research online, Vol. 22, No. 2, p. 1-21. DOI:10.5153/sro.4232