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Comparing labor supply elasticities in Europe and the US: New results

Bargain, Olivier; Orsini, Kristian; Peichl, Andreas - 2012

We suggest the first large-scale international comparison of labor supply elasticities for 17 European countries and the US, separately by gender and marital status. Measurement differences are netted out by using a harmonized empirical approach and comparable data sources. We find that own-wage...

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Comparing labor supply elasticities in Europe and the United States : new results

Bargain, Olivier; Orsini, Kristian; Peichl, Andreas - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 49 (2014) 3, pp. 723-838

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Comparing labor supply elasticities in Europe and the US : new results

Bargain, Olivier; Orsini, Kristian; Peichl, Andreas - 2012

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Comparing labor supply elasticities in Europe and the US : new results

Bargain, Olivier; Orsini, Kristian; Peichl, Andreas - 2012

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Lower and Upper Bounds of Unfair Inequality: Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US

Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2011

Previous estimates of unfair inequality of opportunity (IOp) are only lower bounds because of the unobservability of the full set of endowed circumstances beyond the sphere of individual responsibility. In this paper, we suggest a new estimator based on a fixed effects panel model which...

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Automatic stabilizers and economic crisis: US vs. Europe

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2009

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of the tax and transfer systems in the European Union and the US to act as an automatic stabilizer in the current economic crisis. We find that automatic stabilizers absorb 38 per cent of a proportional income shock in the EU, compared to 32 per cent in the...

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Social Protection as an Automatic Stabilizer

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2010

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of social protection systems in Europe and the US to provide (income) insurance against macro level shocks in terms of automatic stabilizers. We find that automatic stabilizers absorb 38% of a proportional income shock and 47% of an idiosyncratic...

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Wie wirken die automatischen Stabilisatoren in der Wirtschaftskrise? Deutschland im Vergleich mit der EU und den USA

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2009

Europäischen Union und in den USA in der aktuellen Wirtschaftskrise. Dazu werden zwei Szenarien simuliert: erstens ein … absorbiert werden, verglichen mit 32 % in den USA. Im Fall des Beschäftigungsschocks ist der Unterschied zwischen Europa und den … USA deutlich größer: 48 % in der EU und lediglich 34 % in den USA. Unter der Annahme, dass nur die Nachfrage …

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Automatic stabilization and discretionary fiscal policy in the financial crisis

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-19

This paper investigates the relationship between the magnitude of automatic stabilizers in the tax and transfer systems of 19 EU countries and the US, and discretionary fiscal stimulus packages passed by these countries during the recent economic crisis. In particular, we ask whether countries...

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Multidimensional affluence: Theory and applications to Germany and the US

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2011

This paper suggests multidimensional affluence measures for the top of the distribution. In contrast to commonly used top income shares, they allow the analysis of the extent, intensity and breadth of affluence in several dimensions within a common framework. We illustrate this by analyzing the...

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