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Gender Based Taxation and the Division ofFamily Chores
Alesina, Alberto; Ichino, Andrea; Karabarbounis, Loukas - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Gender Based Taxation (GBT) satisfies Ramsey´s optimal criterion by taxing less the moreelastic labor supply of (married) women. This holds when different elasticities between menand women are taken as exogenous and primitive...
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The Elasticity of Labor Demand and the Minimum Wage
Danziger, Leif - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We show that, contrary to widespread belief, low-pay workers do not generally prefer that theminimum wage rate be increased until the labor demand is unitary elastic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861426
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Tax Incentives as a Solution to the Uninsured:Evidence from the Self-Employed
Gumus, Gulcin; Regan, Tracy L. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Between the years 1996 and 2003, a series of amendments were made to the Tax ReformAct of 1986 (TRA86) that gradually increased the tax credit for health insurance purchases bythe self-employed from 25 to 100 percent. We study how these changes in the tax code haveinfluenced the likelihood that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862601
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Union Density and Varieties of Coverage : The Anatomy of Union Wage Effects in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kohn, Karsten; Lembcke, Alexander C. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining … structure of wages. Ceteris paribus, a higher share of employees in a firm covered by industry-wide or firm-level contracts is … associated with higher wages. Yet, individual bargaining coverage in a covered firm shows a negative impact both on the wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861118
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Employment Effects of Welfare Reforms : Evidence from a Dynamic Structural Life-Cycle Model
Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria L.; Uhlendorff, Arne - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
In this paper we develop a dynamic structural life-cycle model of labor supply behavior which fully accounts for the effect of income tax and transfers on labor supply incentives. Additionally, the model recognizes the demand side driven rationing risk that might prevent individuals from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859699
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Labour Supply and Taxes
Meghir, Costas; Phillips, David - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
In this paper we provide an overview of the literature relating labour supply to taxes and welfare benefits with a focus on presenting the empirical consensus. We begin with a basic continuous hours model, where individuals have completely free choice over their hours of work. We then consider...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860386
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Physicians´ Multitasking and Incentives:Empirical Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Dumont, Etienne; Fortin, Bernard; Jacquemet, Nicolas; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We analyse how physicians respond to contractual changes and incentives within amultitasking environment. In 1999 the Quebec government (Canada) introduced an optionalmixed compensation system, combining a fixed per diem with a discounted (relative to thetraditional fee-for-service system) fee...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861144
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Optimal Taxation:The Design of Child Related Cash- and In-Kind-Benefits
Haan, Peter; Wrohlich, Katharina - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper contributes to the debate about the optimal design of tax-transfer systems. Basedon the theory of optimal taxation, combined with microsimulation and microeconometrictechniques we derive the welfare function which makes the current German tax and transfersystem for single women optimal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861525
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Tax Structure and Female Labour MarketParticipation: Evidence from Ireland
Callan, Tim; Soest, Arthur van; Walsh, John R. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
How great an effect does the structure of income taxes have on women´s labour marketparticipation? This issue is investigated using a discrete choice static labour supply model formarried couples in Ireland. The model incorporates fixed costs of working and simultaneouslyexplains participation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861641
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Labor Supply with Social Interactions:Econometric Estimates and Their Tax Policy Implications
Grodner, Andrew; Kniesner, Thomas J. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Our econometric research allows for a possible response of a person's hours worked tohours typically worked by members of a multidimensional labor market reference group thatconsiders demographics and geographic location...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861866