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Marriage, labour supply and the dynamics of the social safety net

Low, Hamish; Meghir, Costas; Pistaferri, Luigi; Voena, … - 2018

estimate a life-cycle model of marriage, labor supply and divorce under limited commitment to better understand the mechanisms …

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Who gains when workers train? : training and corporate productivity in a panel of British industries

Dearden, Lorraine; Reed, Howard; Van Reenen, John - 2000

There is a vast empirical literature of the effects of training on wages that are taken as an indirect measure of productivity. This paper is part of a smaller literature on the effects of training on direct measures of industrial productivity. We analyse a panel of British industries between...

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The marriage market, labour supply and education choice

Chiappori, Pierre-André; Dias, Mónica Costa; Meghir, … - 2016

We develop an equilibrium lifecycle model of education, marriage and labor supply and consumption in a transferable … utility context. Individuals start by choosing their investments in education anticipating returns in the marriage market and … the labor market. They then match based on the economic value of marriage and on preferences. Equilibrium in the marriage …

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Free childcare and parents' labour supply : is more better?

Brewer, Mike; Cattan, Sarah; Crawford, Claire; Rabe, … - 2016

Despite the introduction of childcare subsidies in many countries, the cost of childcare is still thought to hinder parental employment. Many governments are considering increasing the generosity of their childcare subsidies, but the a priori effect of such a policy is ambiguous and little is...

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Labour supply : a review of alternative approaches

Blundell, Richard W.; MaCurdy, Thomas E. - 1998

This chapter surveys existing approaches to modeling labor supply and identifies important gaps in the literature that could be addressed in future research. The discussion begins with a look at recent policy reforms and labor market facts that motivate the study of labor supply. The analysis...

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The return to work and how it is taxed : a dynamic perspective

Brewer, Mike; Dias, Mónica Costa; Shaw, Jonathan - 2018

This paper provides an empirical account of the dynamic return to work, and how this is affected by taxes and benefits. In doing so we bring the insights from the literature on dynamic labour supply to the issue of estimating the financial return to work and how it is taxed, where the past...

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Preschool and maternal labor market outcomes : evidence from a regression discontinuity design

Berlinski, Samuel G. (contributor); … - 2009

In developing countries, employment rates of mothers with young children are relatively lower. This paper analyzes how maternal labor market outcomes in Argentina are affected by the preschool attendance of their children. Using pooled household surveys, we show that four yearolds with birthdays...

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Starting school and leaving welfare : the impact of public education on lone parents' welfare receipt

Brewer, Mike; Crawford, Claire - 2010

Childcare costs are often viewed as one of the biggest barriers to work, particularly among lone parents on low incomes. Children in England are typically eligible to start school - and thus access a number of hours of free public education - on 1 September after they turn four. This means that...

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Labour supply and taxation

Meghir, Costas (contributor); Phillips, David (contributor) - 2008

In this paper we provide an overview of the literature relating labour supply to taxes and welfare benefits with a focus on presenting the empirical consensus. We begin with a basic continuous hours model, where individuals have completely free choice over their hours of work. We then consider...

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Does more free childcare help parents work more?

Brewer, Mike; Cattan, Sarah; Crawford, Claire; Rabe, … - 2020

Many governments are considering expanding childcare subsidies to increase the labour force participation of parents (especially mothers) with young children. In this paper, we study the potential impact of such a policy by comparing the eﬀects of oﬀering free part-time childcare and of...

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