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Employment, hours of work and the optimal taxation of low income families

Blundell, Richard W.; Shephard, Andrew - 2011

The optimal design of low income support is examined using a structural labour supply model. The approach incorporates unobserved heterogeneity, fixed costs of work, childcare costs and the detailed non-convexities of the tax and transfer system. The analysis considers purely Pareto improving...

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Employment, Hours of Work and the Optimal Taxation of Low Income Families

Blundell, Richard W. - 2011

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Job Changes and Hours Changes : Understanding the Path of Labour Supply Adjustment

Blundell, Richard W. - 2007

reforms on wages …

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Changes in the labor supply behavior of married women: 1980 - 2000

Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2006

observed in the 1980s, with an additional factor being that husbands' real wages fell slightly in the 1980s but rose in the … elasticity. And, continuing past trends, women's labor supply also became less responsive to their husbands' wages. Between 1980 … wages and work hours; and omitted variables that affect both wage offers and the propensity to work; as well as when age …

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Immigrants and gender roles : assimilation vs. culture

Blau, Francine D. - 2015

This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women’s behavior in the United States - looking both over time with immigrants' residence in the United States and across immigrant generations. It focuses particularly on labor...

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Immigrants and gender roles : assimilation vs. culture

Blau, Francine D. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-21

This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women’s behavior in the United States-looking both over time with immigrants' residence in the United States and across immigrant generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply...

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Immigrants and gender roles : assimilation vs. culture

Blau, Francine D. - 2015

This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women's behavior in the United States – looking both over time with immigrants' residence in the United States and across immigrant generations. It focuses particularly on labor...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388335

Children, Time Allocation and Consumption Insurance

Blundell, Richard W. - 2018

, spouses' wages, hours of work, and time spent with children to estimate the sensitivity of consumption and time allocation to …

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Two decades of income inequality in Britain : the role of wages, household earnings and redistribution

Belfield, Chris; Blundell, Richard W.; Cribb, Jonathan; … - 2017

We study earnings and income inequality in Britain over the past two decades, including the period of relatively "inclusive" growth from 1997-2004 and the Great Recession. We focus on the middle 90%, where trends have contrasted strongly with the "new inequality" at the very top. Household...

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50 years of breakthroughs and barriers : women in economics, policy, and leadership

Blau, Francine D.; Lynch, Lisa M. - 2024

This paper provides an overview of what has happened over the past fifty years for women as they worked to break through professional barriers in economics, policy, and institutional leadership. We chart the progress of women in higher education at the college level and beyond and then go on to...

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