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Gender Based Taxation and the Division of Family Chores
Alesina, Alberto; Karabarbounis, Loukas; Ichino, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Gender Based Taxation (GBT) satisfies Ramsey’s optimal criterion by taxing less the more elastic labor supply of (married) women. This holds when different elasticities between men and women are taken as exogenous and primitive. But in this paper we also explore differences in gender...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822616
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Lessons from the Ottoman Harem (On Ethnicity, Religion and War)
Iyigun, Murat - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
The Ottoman Empire had a profound impact in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa at the apogee of its power, covering the era between 1453 C. E. and 1699 C. E. In this paper, I exploit the empire’s unique culture and institutions to examine the roles of ethnicity and religion in conflict...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763535
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Is It Money or Brains? The Determinants of Intra-Family Decision Power
Bertocchi, Graziella; Brunetti, Marianna; Torricelli, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We empirically study the determinants of intra-household decision power with respect to economic and financial choices … using a suitable direct measure provided in the 1989-2010 Bank of Italy Survey of Household Income and Wealth. Focusing on a … sample of couples, we evaluate the effect of each spouse's characteristics, household characteristics, and background …
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The Power of the Little Blue Pill: Innovations and Implications of Life Style Drugs in an Aging Population
LaRiviere, Jacob; Wolff, Hendrik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The launch of Viagra in April 1998 led to a historically unprecedented high usage of erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs. We test whether Viagra's introduction significantly influenced outcomes for its target population such as STD rates of older men, as well as its non-target populations, such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010786986
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Das Wachstum der Zukunft ist weiblich
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Um den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt demografiefest zu machen, bedarf es einer stärkeren Aktivierung des Potenzials weiblicher Erwerbspersonen bei gleichzeitiger Steigerung der Geburtenrate. Der vorliegende Beitrag zeigt Handlungsoptionen zur Lösung dieser beiden zentralen Zukunftsaufgaben auf und...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653978
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Grenzen einer Bevölkerungspolitik durch Familienpolitik
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Die Frage nach den Erfolgsaussichten einer auf steuerlichen Entlastungswirkungen basierenden Familienpolitik als Bevölkerungspolitik ist keineswegs neu. So keimte bereits aus Anlass von Plänen zu einer Steuerreform, bei der zum 1. Januar 1986 im Rahmen des Familienlastenausgleichs die...
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Social Protection beyond the Bottom Billion
Murphy, Susan; Walsh, Patrick Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
, household, or population in a non-predictable way, and can lead to loss of livelihood and a descent into poverty for various …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886148
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Health Status, Disability and Retirement Incentives in Belgium
Jousten, Alain; Lefèbvre, Mathieu; Perelman, Sergio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Many Belgian retire well before the statutory retirement age. Numerous exit routes from the labor force can be identified: old-age pensions, conventional early retirement, disability insurance, and unemployment insurance are the most prominent ones. We analyze the retirement decision of Belgian...
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Retirement Incentives in Belgium: Estimations and Simulations Using SHARE Data
Jousten, Alain; Lefèbvre, Mathieu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The paper studies retirement behavior of wage‐earners in Belgium – for the first time using rich survey data to explore retirement incentives as faced by individuals. Specifically, we use SHARE data to estimate a model à la Stock and Wise (1990). Exploring the longitudinal nature of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271996
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Equilibrium Unemployment and Retirement
Hairault, Jean-Olivier; Langot, François; Zylberberg, Andre - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
As a preliminary step, we first provide some new empirical evidence that labor market conditions affect retirement decisions at the individual level: unemployed people are more likely to retire. Our main objective in this paper is then to propose an equilibrium unemployment approach to...
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