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Active Labour Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe - A Survey

Bergemann, Annette; den Berg, Gerard J van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

We survey the recent literature on the effects of active labour market policies on individual labour market outcomes like employment and income, for adult female individuals without work in European countries. We consider skill-training programs, monitoring and sanctions, job search assistance,...

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Why is there a spike in the job finding rate at benefit exhaustion?

Boone, Jan; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

Putting a limit on the duration of unemployment benefits tends to introduce a "spike" in the job finding rate shortly … jobs are permanent. We use a dataset on Slovenian unemployment spells to test this prediction and find supporting evidence …. We conclude that the spike in the job finding rate suggests that workers exploit unemployment insurance benefits for …

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The Optimal Taxation of Unskilled Labour with Job Search and Social Assistance

Boone, Jan; Bovenberg, A Lans - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

-linear income taxation in the presence of quasi-linear preferences in leisure by allowing for in-voluntary unemployment, job search …

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Analyzing female labor supply -- Evidence from a Dutch tax reform

Bosch, Nicole; van der Klaauw, Bas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

Among OECD countries, the Netherlands has average female labor force participation, but by far the highest rate of part-time work. This paper investigates the extent to which married women respond to financial incentives. We exploit the exogenous variation caused by a substantial Dutch tax...

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The Detaxation of Overtime Hours: Lessons from the French Experiment

Cahuc, Pierre; Carcillo, Stéphane - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

In October 2007 France introduced an exemption on the income tax and social security contributions that applied to wages received for hours worked overtime. The goal of the policy was to increase the number of hours worked. This article shows that this reform has had no significant impact on...

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Children, Kitchen, Church: Does Ethnicity Matter?

Zaiceva, Anzelika; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Gender role attitudes are well-known determinants of female labour supply. This paper examines the strength of those attitudes using time diaries on childcare, food management and religious activities provided by the British Time Use Survey. Given the low labour force participation of females...

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Hours of Work and Gender Identity: Does Part-Time Work Make the Family Happier?

Booth, Alison L; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Taking into account inter-dependence within the family, we investigate the relationship between part-time work and happiness. We use panel data from the new Household, Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia Survey. Our analysis indicates that part-time women are more satisfied with working hours...

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Transmission of preferences and beliefs about female labor market participation: direct evidence on the role of mothers

Carro, Jesus; Machado, Matilde Pinto; Mora, Ricardo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

Recently, economists have established that culture defined as a common set of preferences and beliefs—affects economic outcomes, including the levels of female labor force participation. Although this literature has argued that culture is transmitted from parents to children, it has also...

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Gender Gaps and the Rise of the Service Economy

Ngai, Liwa Rachel; Petrongolo, Barbara - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This paper investigates the role of the rise of services in the narrowing of gender gaps in hours and wages in recent decades. We document the between-industry component of the rise in female work for the U.S., and propose a model economy with goods, services and home production, in which women...

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Mommy Tracks and Public Policy: On Self-Fulfilling Prophecies and Gender Gaps in Promotion

Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Vagstad, Steinar - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

Consider a model with two types of jobs. The profitability of promoting a worker to a fast-track job depends not only on his or her observable talent, but also on incontractible effort. We investigate whether self-fulfilling expectations may lead to women meeting tougher promotion standards than...

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