What Influences the Rate of Entry into Motherhood of Women Enrolled in Full-Time Education? A Difference-in-Differences Analysis of the Effect of the German Unification

The purpose of this paper is to study the entry into motherhood of women in full-time education in East and West Germany before and after German unification. Using longitudinal data from the ‘National Educational Panel Study’ (NEPS), we have conducted a difference-in-differences analysis and apply m...

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Main Author: Gwendolin J. Blossfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tallinn University 2013-11-01
Series:Studies of Transition States and Societies
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Online Access:http://www.tlu.ee/stss/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/blossfeld.pdf