Mehr Arbeitsplätze im unteren Bereich des Arbeitsmarktes werden häufig durch die hohe Steuerbelastung verhindert. Derhalb wurden in mehreren europäischen Ländern Initiativen gestartet, um in diesem Teil des Arbeitsmarktes neue Arbeitsplätze zu schaffen. In diesem Artikel werden diese...

We study the impact of income taxation on both partners' allocation of time to market work and unpaid house work in households with two adults. We estimate a structural household utility model in which the marginal utilities of leisure and house work of both partners are modelled as random...

Municipalities may have various motives for decisions on the mode of their task execution. Empirical studies – based on both public choice and transaction costs theory - have not yet provided a fully comprehensive explanation for municipal contracting out decisions. Therefore, we held...

In the Netherlands, the USA and Australia public funding has promoted parental choice by introducing a voucher for child care, where parents are free to choose the provider. The policy experiments in these three countries and the outcomes provide useful information about the consequences of...