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Worktime regulations and spousal labour supply

Goux, Dominique; Maurin, Eric; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2011

We investigate spillovers in spousal labour supply exploiting independent variation in hours worked generated by the introduction of the shorter workweek in France in the late 1990s. We find that female and male employees treated by the shorter legal workweek reduce their weekly labour supply by...

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Taxing childcare: Effects on family labor supply and children

Gathmann, Christina; Sass, Björn - 2012

light on this question using a reform that raised the prices of public daycare. Parents respond by reducing public daycare … and increasing childcare at home. Parents also reduce informal childcare indicating that public daycare and informal … childcare are complements. Female labor force participation declines and the response is strongest for single parents and low …

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Monetary transfers from children and the labour supply of elderly parents: Evidence from Vietnam

Liu, Amy Y. C.; Booth, Alison L. - 2012

reduce elderly parents' need to work. Taking the possible endogeneity of children's transfers in the parents' labour supply … by their children and on their own labour supply. This paper examines whether monetary transfers from children help to … fully substitute for parents' labour supply. …

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The effects of children's ADHD on parents' relationship dissolution and labor supply

Kvist, Anette Primdal; Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Simonsen, … - 2011

This paper uses Danish register-based data for the population of children born in 1990-1997 to investigate the effects … on parents of having a child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD). Ten years after birth, parents of … children diagnosed with ADHD have a 75% higher probability of having dissolved their relationship and a 7-13% lower labor …

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Labour supply and taxes: New estimates of the responses of wives to husbands' wages

Dostie, Benoit; Kromann, Lene - 2012

In this paper, we estimate income- and substitution- labour supply and participation elasticities for Canadian married women using data from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics 1996-2005. We use the Canadian Tax and Credit Simulator (CTaCS) and detailed information on the structure of...

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Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity: A European Perspective

Gwozdz, Wencke; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; Reisch, Lucia A.; … - 2013

from the IDEFICS study of children aged 2-9 in 16 regions of eight European countries. Based on such data as accelerometer …

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In-work transfers in good times and bad: simulations for Ireland

Bargain, Olivier; Doorley, Karina - 2009

In-work transfers are often seen as a good trade-off between redistribution and efficiency, as they alleviate poverty among low-wage households while increasing financial incentives to work. The present study explores the consequences of extending these transfers in Ireland, where support for...

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Five issues in the design of Income support mechanisms: The case of Italy

Colombino, Ugo - 2011

Differently from most European countries and despite the recommendations on the part of the European Commission, Italy still misses a sufficiently systematic and nationwide mechanism of income support. In this paper we want to explore the feasibility, the desirability and the features of a...

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Equilibrium simulation with microeconometric models: A new procedure with an application to income support policies

Colombino, Ugo - 2012

Many microeconometric models of discrete labour supply include alternative-specific constants meant to account for (possibly besides other factors) the density or accessibility of particular types of jobs (e.g. part-time jobs vs. full-time jobs). The most common use of these models is the...

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Anatomy of welfare reform evaluation: Announcement and implementation effects

Blundell, Richard; Francesconi, Marco; van der Klaauw, … - 2011

This paper formulates a simple model of female labor force decisions which embeds an in-work benefit reform and explicitly allows for announcement and implementation effects. We explore several mechanisms through which women can respond to the announcement of a reform that increases in-work...

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