The aim of this paper is to simulate the effects of the Spanish 1999 tax reform on the married women's labor behavior and welfare in a partial equilibrium context. We estimate by maximum likelihood two models of labor supply which take into account of the characteristics of the budget...

We estimate four models of female labor supply using a Spanish sample of married women from 1994, taking into account the complete form of the individual's budget set. The models differ in the hypotheses relating to the presence of optimization errors and/or the way non-workers contribute to the...

We empirically analyze the labor supply choices of married men and women according to their body size (BMI), using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics on anthropometric characteristics of both spouses, and unmarried men and women as comparison group. Heavier husbands are found to work...

We empirically analyze the labor supply choices of married men and women according to their body size (BMI), using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics on anthropometric characteristics of both spouses, and unmarried men and women as comparison group. Heavier husbands are found to work...