介绍： Employment in Germany

德国就业

Nature v nurture

先天V后天

Why east and west German women still work vastly different hours?

妇女的工作时长在东德和西德差距为何如此之大？

Scholars are often greatly excited by "natural experiments", events that end up separating two groups of people, allowing wonks to comp...

介绍： Employment in Germany

德国就业

Nature v nurture

先天V后天

Why east and west German women still work vastly different hours?

妇女的工作时长在东德和西德差距为何如此之大？

Scholars are often greatly excited by "natural experiments", events that end up separating two groups of people, allowing wonks to compare their subsequent behaviour. Much like the study of twins adopted into different households, the postwar division and eventual reunification of Germany could be seen as such an experiment. A report by the German Institute for Economic Research on working mothers, published ahead of the 30th anniversary of reunification on October 3rd, reveals the interplay between policy and attitudes that influences the decision to work.

学者们通常醉心于“自然实验”，这种实验最后会把实验人员分开，让书呆子们能够对比他们接下来的行为。就像对“被不同家庭收养的双胞胎”的研究一样，战后德国的分裂和最终的统一也可以被视为这样一种实验。在10月3日德国统一30周年纪念日到来之前，德国经济研究所发布了一则有关“职业妈妈”的报道，该报道揭示了影响工作决定的政策和态度之间的相互作用。

When the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in the east united with the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) in 1990, the mothers of young children led very different lives.
在1990年东部的德意志民主共和国和德意志联邦共和国合并之时，年幼子女的妈妈们过着截然不同的生活。