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Comparing Inequality Aversion across Countries When Labor Supply Responses Differ
Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Neumann, Dirk; … - HAL - 2013
We analyze to which extent social inequality aversion differs across nations when control ling for actual country differences in labor supply responses. Towards this aim, we estimate labor supply elasticities at both extensive and intensive margins for 17 EU countries and the US. Using the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933830
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Putting Structure on the RD Design: Social Transfers and Youth Inactivity in France
Bargain, Olivier; Doorley, Karina - HAL - 2014
Natural experiments provide explicit and robust identifying assumptions for the estimation of treatment effects. Yet their use for policy design is often limited by the difficulty in extrapolating on the basis of reduced-form estimates of policy effects. On the contrary, structural models allow...
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Migration, Remittances and Rural Employment Patterns: Evidence from China
Démurger, Sylvie; Li, Shi - HAL - 2012
This paper explores the rural labor market impact of migration in China using crosssectional data on rural households for the year 2007. A switching probit model is used to estimate the impact of belonging to a migrant-sending household on the individual occupational choice categorized in four...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010607936
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A Note on Indeterminacy in Overlapping Generations Economies with Environment and Endogenous Labor Supply
Seegmuller, Thomas; Verchère, Alban - HAL - 2007
We consider an overlapping generations model with environment and an elastic labor supply. In this framework, consumers have to choose between consumption, environmental quality, and leisure. We show the existence of both deterministic cycles and indeterminacy. In contrast to previous results,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750468
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Migration, Remittances and Rural Employment Patterns: Evidence from China
Démurger, Sylvie; Li, Shi - HAL - 2012
This paper explores the rural labor market impact of migration in China using crosssectional data on rural households for the year 2007. A switching probit model is used to estimate the impact of belonging to a migrant-sending household on the individual occupational choice categorized in four...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010898832
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Do Higher Childcare Subsidies Improve Parental Well-being? Evidence from Québec's Family Policies
Brodeur, Abel; Connolly, Marie - HAL - 2012
In this paper, we investigate the effect of a change in childcare subsidies on parental subjective well-being. Starting in 1997, the Canadian province of Québec implemented a generous program providing $5-a-day childcare to children under the age of 5. By 2007, the percentage of children...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010784109
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How can gender discrimination explain fertility behaviors and family-friendly policies?
Recoules, Magali - HAL - 2011
This paper focuses on the interaction between gender discrimination and household decisions. It develops a model with endogenous fertility, endogenous labor supply and endogenous size of government spending. Family policies which concern childcare services are assumed to reduce the time that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010635076
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How Can Gender Discrimination Explain Fertility Behaviors and Family-friends Policies ?
Recoules, Magali - HAL - 2008
This paper focuses on the interaction between gender discrimination and household decisions. It develops a general equilibrium model with endogenous fertility, endogenous labor supply and endogenous size of government spending. Family policies are assumed to decrease the time that parents spend...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738524
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Do Higher Childcare Subsidies Improve Parental Well-being? Evidence from Québec's Family Policies
Brodeur, Abel; Connolly, Marie - HAL - 2012
In this paper, we investigate the effect of a change in childcare subsidies on parental subjective well-being. Starting in 1997, the Canadian province of Québec implemented a generous program providing $5-a-day childcare to children under the age of 5. By 2007, the percentage of children...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738903
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Environmental Policy and Growth in a Model with Endogenous Environmental Awareness
Constant, Karine; Davin, Marion - HAL - 2014
determined by education and pollution. The government can implement a tax on pollution and recycle the revenue in public … pollution abatement and/or education subsidy (influencing green behaviors). When agent's preferences for the environment are … the tax revenue is well allocated between education and direct environmental protection. …
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