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Comparing Inequality Aversion across Countries When Labor Supply Responses Differ
Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Neumann, Dirk; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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...
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Shifting Taxes from Labor to Consumption: Efficient, but Regressive?
Pestel, Nico; Sommer, Eric - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Shifting taxes from labor income to consumption is regularly suggested as a measure to induce work incentives. We investigate the effect of increases in the Value Added Tax on labor supply and the income distribution in Germany, which is compensated by a revenue-neutral reduction in...
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Tax-Benefit Systems in Europe and the US: Between Equity and Efficiency
Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Neumann, Dirk; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
preferences or efficiency constraints is an important question that paves the debate about the optimality of welfare regimes. To … approach to characterize the redistributive preferences embodied in the welfare systems of 17 EU countries and the US. Implicit … social welfare functions are broadly compatible with the fiction of an optimizing Paretian social planner. Some exceptions …
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Caught in the Trap? The Disincentive Effect of Social Assistance
Bargain, Olivier; Doorley, Karina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
feature of the main welfare scheme in France (Revenu Minimum d'Insertion, RMI), namely that childless adults under age 25 are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005011905
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Do Unemployment Insurance Recipients Actively Seek Work? Evidence From Randomized Trials in Four U.S. States
Ashenfelter, Orley; Ashmore, David; Deschênes, Olivier - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
In this paper we report the results of the only field test of which we are aware that uses randomized trials to measure whether stricter enforcement and verification of work search behavior alone decreases unemployment claims and benefits paid in the U.S. unemployment insurance (UI) program....
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Is Crime Contagious?
Ludwig, Jens; Kling, Jeffrey R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Understanding whether criminal behavior is "contagious" is important for law enforcement and for policies that affect how people are sorted across social settings. We test the hypothesis that criminal behavior is contagious by using data from the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) randomized...
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Experimental Evidence on the Nature of the Danish Employment Miracle
Rosholm, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper uses a social experiment in labour market policy – providing early and intensive monitoring and programme participation in unemployment spells – to assess the nature of labour market policy effectiveness. The experiment was conducted in two counties in Denmark during the winter of...
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Is Labour Market Training a Curse for the Unemployed? Evidence from a Social Experiment
Rosholm, Michael; Skipper, Lars - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
In this paper, we investigate the impact of classroom training programmes on individual unemployment rates in Denmark. In 1994 a social experiment was conducted, where unemployed applicants for labour market training were randomised into treatment and control groups. We formulate and estimate...
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An Econometric Analysis of the Impact of the Self-Sufficiency Project on the Employment Behaviour of Former Welfare Recipients
Zabel, Jeffrey; Schwartz, Saul; Donald, Stephen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
The Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) was a Canadian research and demonstration project that attempted to "make work pay" for long-term income assistance (IA) recipients by supplementing their earnings. The long-term goal of SSP was to get lone parents permanently off IA and into the paid labour...
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Analyzing Social Experiments as Implemented: A Reexamination of the Evidence from the HighScope Perry Preschool Program
Heckman, James J.; Moon, Seong Hyeok; Pinto, Rodrigo; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Social experiments are powerful sources of information about the effectiveness of interventions. In practice, initial randomization plans are almost always compromised. Multiple hypotheses are frequently tested. "Significant" effects are often reported with p-values that do not account for...
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