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The long term effects of legalizing divorce on children

Luna, Libertad González; Viitanen, Tarja - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2008

We estimate the effect of divorce legalization on the long-term well-being of children. Our identification strategy … relies on exploiting the different timing of divorce legalization across European countries. Using European Community … Household Panel data, we compare the adult outcomes of cohorts who were raised in an environment where divorce was banned with …

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The impact of eliminating a child benefit on birth timing and infant health

Borra, Cristina; Luna, Libertad González; … - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2013

We study the effects of the cancellation of a sizeable child benefit in Spain on birth timing and neonatal health. In May 2010, the government announced that a 2,500-euro universal "baby bonus" would stop being paid to babies born starting January 1, 2011. We use detailed micro data from birth...

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Targeting fertility and female participation through the income tax

Azmat, Ghazala; Luna, Libertad González - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2008

We evaluate the effect of a 2003 reform in the Spanish income tax on fertility and the employment of mothers with small children. The reform introduced a tax credit for working mothers with children under the age of three, while also increasing child deductions for all households with children....

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The determinants of the prevalence of single mothers: A cross-country analysis

Luna, Libertad González - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2005

This paper examines the effect of public assistance, labor market and marriage market conditions on the prevalence of single mother families across countries and over time. A multinomial logit derived from a random utility approach is estimated using individuallevel data for 14 countries. I find...

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The risk of divorce and household saving behavior

Luna, Libertad González; Özcan, Berkay - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2008

We analyze the impact of an increase in the risk of divorce on the saving behaviour of married couples. From a … theoretical perspective, the expected sign of the effect is ambiguous. We take advantage of the legalization of divorce in Ireland … experience a significant increase in the expected risk of divorce (such as very religious families, or single individuals). Our …

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Building a reputation as a socially responsible firm

Calveras, Aleix; Ganuza, Juan José - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2014

Many of the attributes that make a good "socially responsible" are credence attributes that cannot be learned by consumers either through search or experience. Consumers aggregate information about them from several channels (media, advertisement, NGOs, etc.). Since these sources may send...

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Tobin meets Oates: Solidarity and the optimal fiscal federal structure

Calsamiglia, Xavier; Garcia-Milà, Teresa; McGuire, … - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2010

We explore the implications for the optimal degree of fiscal decentralization when people’s preferences for goods and services, which classic treatments of fiscal federalism (Oates, 1972) place in the purview of local governments, exhibit specific egalitarianism (Tobin, 1970), or solidarity....

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Gestión de la competencia en el sector público

Arruñada, Benito - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2000

Este trabajo analiza el papel de la competencia en la gestión pública, para lo cual toma como referencia la organización burocrática basada en centros de gasto que no cobran por sus servicios y suelen ser demasiado grandes e ineficientes. Para introducir competencia, se da libertad de...

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Financement et autonomie fiscale de la Catalogne: Deux décénnies de problèmes non résolus

López, Guillem - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2000

From the perspective of redistributing income from rich to poor, equalizing intergovernmental grants are bound to have some perverse effects. For such grants, although transfering income from wealthy to poor on average, will inevitably result in some income transfers from poor individuals who...

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Regulation and opportunism: How much activism do we need?

Calveras, Aleix; Ganuza, Juan José; Llobet, Gerard - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2005

This paper analyzes the current trend towards firms’ self-regulation as opposed to the formal regulation of a negative externality. Firms respond to increasing activism in the market(conscious consumers that take into account the external effects of their purchase) by providing more socially...

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