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Why Are Mothers Working Longer Hours in Austria than in Germany? A Comparative Micro Simulation Analysis
Dearing, Helene; Hofer, Helmut; Lietz, Christine; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however fulltime employment rates are …, differences in mothers’ employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of … joint taxation with income splitting for married couples, Austria taxes everyone individually, which leads to lower marginal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566716
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Advising Policymakers Through the Media
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
In the information age an exchange with the media is part of the duties the economics profession has to deliver to educate the public and to ensure its position in society. A key issue is the education of policymakers through the media. It is the silver bullet of policy advice in comparison to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703747
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Taxation and Internal Migration: Evidence from the Swiss Census Using Community-Level Variation in Income Tax Rates
Liebig, Thomas; Puhani, Patrick A.; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Switzerland, whose system of determining tax rates primarily at the community level results in enough variation to permit analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762289
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Wage Elasticity of the Teacher Supply in Switzerland
Wolter, Stefan C.; Denzler, Stefan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
In order to learn more about the wage elasticity of the teacher supply in Switzerland, this paper estimates wages for … to the fact that teachers’ salaries are generally high in Switzerland - teachers here enjoy a positive wage differential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703659
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Exploiting Regional Treatment Intensity for the Evaluation of Labour Market Policies
Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We estimate the effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on subsequent employment by nonparametric instrumental variables and matching estimators. Very informative administrative Swiss data with detailed regional information are combined with exogenous regional variation in programme...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703670
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Are Student Exchange Programs Worth It?
Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
The number of university students participating in exchange programs has risen sharply over the last decade, but a survey of Swiss university graduates (class of 1999 and 2001) shows that participation in student exchange programs significantly prolongs the period of time spent studying at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822608
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Regional Treatment Intensity as an Instrument for the Evaluation of Labour Market Policies
Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
The effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on individual employment chances and earnings are evaluated by nonparametric instrumental variables based on Swiss administrative data with detailed regional information. Using an exogenous variation in the participation probabilities across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822611
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A Tale of Minorities: Evidence on Religious Ethics and Entrepreneurship from Swiss Census Data
Nunziata, Luca; Rocco, Lorenzo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Does Protestantism favour the market economy more than Catholicism does? We provide a novel quasi-experimental way to answer this question by comparing Protestant and Catholic minorities using Swiss census data from 1970 to 2000. Exploiting the strong adhesion of religious minorities to their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744664
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Financial Incentives and the Timing of Retirement: Evidence from Switzerland
Hanel, Barbara; Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We use reforms in the Swiss public retirement system to identify the responsiveness of retirement timing to financial incentives. A permanent reduction of retirement benefits by 3.4 percent induces more than 70 percent of females to postpone their retirement. The responsiveness of male workers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566494
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Does Subsidised Temporary Employment Get the Unemployed Back to Work? An Econometric Analysis of Two Different Schemes
Gerfin, Michael; Lechner, Michael; Steiger, Heidi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
schemes of subsidised temporary employment implemented in Switzerland. One scheme operates as a non-profit employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566539