This paper analyzes the economic consequences of various reforms of the Swiss tax-benefit system using a framework which integrates an econometrically estimated microsimulation model of labor supply, a tax-benefit module, and a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. By contrast to...

This paper explores the effects of disability insurance (DI) benefits on the labor market decision of existing DI beneficiaries using data from the Swiss Household Panel. We use a fuzzy regression discontinuity (RD) design to identify the effect of DI benefits on the decision of working...

This paper presents evidence on intra-household retirement externalities by assessing the causal effect of partner's retirement on own health behaviour in Europe. We identify partner's retirement effects by applying a fuzzy regression discontinuity (RD) framework using retirement eligibility as...

This paper presents evidence on intra-household retirement externalities by assessing the causal effect of partner's retirement on own health behaviour in Europe. We identify partner's retirement effects by applying a fuzzy regression discontinuity (RD) framework using retirement eligibility as...

This paper explores the effects of disability insurance (DI) benefits on the labor market decision of existing DI beneficiaries using data from the Swiss Household Panel. We use a fuzzy regression discontinuity (RD) design to identify the effect of DI benefits on the decision of working...

This paper explores the effects of disability insurance (DI) benefits on the labor market decision of existing DI beneficiaries using a fuzzy regression discontinuity (RD) design. We identify the effect of DI benefits on the decision of working full-time, part-time or staying out of the labor...

The effect of disability insurance (DI) benefits on the labor supply of individuals is a disputed topic in both academia and policy. We identify the impact of DI benefits on working full-time, part-time or being out of the labor force by exploiting a discontinuity in the DI benefit award rate in...

This paper empirically investigates whether emigrants from MENA countries self-select on cultural traits such as religiosity and gender-egalitarian attitudes. To do so, we use Gallup World Poll data on individual opinions and beliefs, migration aspirations, short-run migration plans, and...

This paper presents a new bilateral database documenting international migration stocks by gender, education level, origin and destination. We build on existing databases of OECD host countries in 1990 and 2000 and expand their coverage by collecting or estimating migration to all non-OECD...