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Does joint taxation disadvantage women? To answer that question, this paper begins byreviewing unitary and bargaining … models of intrafamily allocation, and then discusses thedeterminants of "bargaining power" in a world without taxes... …
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utility. We show for a wage bargaining model that a stronger earningsrelationship of unemployment benefits may reduce wages …
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This paper examines the effects of the Working Families´ Tax Credit (WFTC) on couples inBritain. We develop a simple model of household decisions which explicitly accounts for therole played by the tax and benefit system. Its main implications are then tested using paneldata from the British...
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We build a theoretical model to study whether a minimum wage can be welfare-improving if itis implemented in conjunction with an optimized nonlinear income tax. We consider this issuein a framework where search frictions on the labor market generate unemployment. Workersdiffer in productivity...
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An earlier study of wage agreements, reached in the Canadian unionized sector between1976-99, found that wage adjustment is characterized by downward nominal rigidity andsignificant spikes at zero. We extend this earlier approach to encompass the possibility ofreal as well as nominal wage...
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We evaluate the effects of outsourcing and wage solidarity on wage formation and equilibrium unemployment in a heterogeneous labour market, where wages are determined by a monopoly labour union. We find that outsourcing promotes the wage dispersion between the high-skilled and low-skilled...
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bargaining agenda. Neither establishments nor workers choose their union, permitting a difference-in-differences design to study … causal effects. We find that "bargaining for women" increases female-centric amenities in collective bargaining agreements … bargaining …
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pillars of the model: sectoral collective bargaining and firm-level codetermination. Relative to the United States, Germany … outsources collective bargaining to the sectoral level, resulting in higher coverage and the avoidance of firm … unemployment, but may also erode bargaining coverage and increase inequality. Meanwhile, firm-level codetermination through worker …
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bargaining agreements still individually benefit from these union agreements, which workers are not covered anymore, and what …
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While there is a strong overlap between membership in employers' associations and collective bargaining coverage, the … focuses on the various constellations of membership and collective bargaining status. The results show that firm-level worker … membership in employers' associations and collective bargaining coverage …
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