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Ausbau der ganztägigen Kindertagesbetreuung kann zur Zufriedenheit von Müttern beitragen

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  • Juliane F. Stahl
  • Pia S. Schober

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Parents whose children are too young to attend school face specific challenges when it comes to maintaining a work-life balance. To better support them, policy has promoted the expansion of public day care (Kindertagesbetreuung, Kita) and introduced legal measures that mandate a demand-based supply of full-day child care. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and the ”Families in Germany“ (FID) sample that cover the day care expansion phase between 2007 and 2012, the present study investigates whether mothers in regions with better access to full-day child care were more satisfied with family life. The results indicate that partnered fulltime working mothers were more satisfied if they resided in West German districts where more full-day child care was available. In East Germany, better access to full-day child care was associated with higher levels of family life satisfaction among mothers, regardless of their employment status. The results suggest that the expansion of full-day child care may have contributed to an improvement in families’ work-life balance. Eltern mit Kindern, die noch nicht zur Schule gehen, stehen bei der Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf vor besonderen Herausforderungen. Um diese Eltern besser zu unterstützen, hat die Politik sowohl den Ausbau von Plätzen in der öffentlichen Kindertagesbetreuung (Kita) forciert als auch ein bedarfsorientiertes Angebot an Ganztagsplätzen gesetzlich verankert. Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht auf Basis von Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) und der Stichprobe „Familien in Deutschland“ (FiD) für den Zeitraum der Ausbauphase zwischen 2007 und 2012, ob Mütter in Regionen mit besserem Zugang zu ganztägiger Kindertagesbetreuung zufriedener mit dem Familienleben waren. Den Ergebnissen zufolge waren vollzeiterwerbstätige Mütter in Paarhaushalten mit ihrem Familienleben zufriedener, wenn sie in westdeutschen Kreisen mit größerem Ganztagsangebot lebten. In Ostdeutschland ging die steigende regionale Verfügbarkeit von Ganztagsplätzen unabhängig vom Erwerbsstatus mit einer höheren Zufriedenheit einher. Die Ergebnisse legen nahe, dass der Ausbau der Ganztagsbetreuung in den Jahren 2007 bis 2012 zur Verbesserung der Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf beigetragen haben könnte.

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  • Juliane F. Stahl & Pia S. Schober, 2016. "Ausbau der ganztägigen Kindertagesbetreuung kann zur Zufriedenheit von Müttern beitragen," DIW Wochenbericht, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 83(37), pages 840-847.
  • Handle: RePEc:diw:diwwob:83-37-3
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    Keywords

    Early education; full-day child care; maternal employment; satisfaction; subjective wellbeing; single parents; day-care expansion;
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    JEL classification:

    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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