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Commitment and the dynamics of household labor supply
Theloudis, Alexandros; Velilla, Jorge; Chiappori, … - 2022
The extent to which individuals commit to their partner for life has important implications. This paper develops a lifecycle collective model of the household, through which it characterizes behavior in three prominent alternative types of commitment: full, limited, and no commitment. We propose...
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Commuting, wages, and household behavior
Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2024
of couples' commuting, wages, labor supply, and consumption. Using data from the PSID for the years 2011-2019, results … indicate a positive and highly significant correlation between wages and commuting when analyzed cross-sectionally. However …, changes in wages and commuting over an individual's life cycle are not related. Additionally, commuting appears to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014581485
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307333
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Employment, Hours of Work and the Optimal Taxation of Low Income Families
Blundell, Richard W. - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123920
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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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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930924
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011583577
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Intensive mothering and well-being : the role of education and child care activity
Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Sevilla, Almudena - 2016
The ideology of intensive mothering, whereby mother's time is thought of as crucial for child development, continues to be the dominant cultural framework in the United States. Yet there is little evidence about how mothers differ in their child care experiences from large representative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011497224
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Partial insurance, information and consumption dynamics
Blundell, Richard W.; Pistaferri, Luigi; Preston, Ian - 2002
This paper uses panel data on household consumption and income to evaluate the degree of insurance to income shocks. Our aim is to describe the transmission of income inequality into consumption inequality. Our framework nests the special cases of self-insurance and the complete markets...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293078
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Mehr Ungleichheit durch kleinere Haushalte? Der Einfluss von Veränderungen der Haushaltsstruktur auf die Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - 2009
Da die Analyse von Einkommensverteilungen auf äquivalenzgewichteten Einkommen beruht, ist die Entwicklung der Einkommensungleichheit nicht nur Ausdruck für Veränderungen in der Entlohnungsstruktur, sondern auch für Veränderungen von Haushaltsgröße und -zusammensetzung. In den letzten 15...
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