Dr Andreas Filser, researcher at the Research Data Centre of the Institute for Employment Research (FDZ-IAB), will give a talk on Parenthood and employment in France and Germany – insights from administrative data on Tuesday 3rd June, 3:00-4:30pm in the Butler room at Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
This presentation will focus on two key aspects of the labour market consequences of parenthood. First, it will present findings from a multi-year comparative study of motherhood penalties in France and Germany, using newly harmonized social security registers from both countries. The large sample size and detailed data will offer new insights into earnings and employment penalties associated with motherhood – uncovering differences over time, across socio-economic groups, and across regions. Second, Andreas will present patterns and consequences of fathers’ parental leave uptake in Germany. Using a novel strategy to match employment records of married couples, the analysis will explore the determinants of leave-taking and the earnings effects for fathers following the 2007 parental benefits reform.
Andreas' research lies at the intersection of demography and sociology, with a particular focus on the labour market consequences of parenthood and the ways in which demographic structures shape individual social outcomes. He specializes in research using large-scale administrative data.
His current projects include a comparative study on the labour market effects of motherhood, which harmonizes German and French social security data, and a project examining the predictors and consequences of fathers’ parental leave uptake in Germany. In addition to his research, Andreas contributes to the development of FDZ-IAB data products and advises external researchers on using these datasets. He also teaches undergraduate and PhD-level courses in statistics and programming, primarily using Stata and R, at universities and research institutes.