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Does Size Matter? The Impact of Changes in Household Structure on Income Distribution in Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
In Germany, two observations can be made over the past 20 years: First, income inequality has been constantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615437
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Income Taxation and Household Size: Would French Family Splitting Make German Families Better Off?
Baclet, Alexandre; Dell, Fabien; Wrohlich, Katharina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
in Germany, as it is often claimed in the public debate. We use two micro-data sets and a micro-simulation model to … compare effective average tax rates for different household types in France and Germany. Our analysis shows that the popular …. Actually, low income families with less than three children even fare better in terms of tax relief in Germany than in France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762279
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A Forgotten Issue: Distributional Effects of Day Care Subsidies in Germany
Kreyenfeld, Michaela; Spiess, C. Katharina; Wagner, Gert G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
effectively. In Germany, as in other European countries, child care subsidies are mainly provided ‘in-kind’. Local communities and … the distributional effects of state funded child day care in Germany using microdata of households and data on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703636
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Is Universal Child Care Leveling the Playing Field? Evidence from Non-Linear Difference-in-Differences
Havnes, Tarjei; Mogstad, Magne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Advocates of a universal child care system offer a two-fold argument: Child care facilitates children's long-run development, and levels the playing field by benefiting in particular disadvantaged children. Therefore, a critical element in evaluating universal child care systems is to measure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530647
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Removing the Veil of Ignorance in Assessing the Distributional Impacts of Social Policies
Carneiro, Pedro; Hansen, Karsten T.; Heckman, James J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
This paper summarizes our recent research on evaluating the distributional consequences of social programs. This research advances the economic policy evaluation literature beyond estimating assorted mean impacts to estimate distributions of outcomes generated by different policies and determine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700944
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Kindergarten for All: Long Run Effects of a Universal Intervention
Drange, Nina; Havnes, Tarjei; Sandsør, Astrid M. J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Theory and evidence point towards particularly positive effects of high-quality child care for disadvantaged children. At the same time, disadvantaged families often sort out of existing programs. To counter differences in learning outcomes between children from different socioeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011201754
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What Mean Impacts Miss: Distributional Effects of Welfare Reform Experiments
Bitler, Marianne P.; Gelbach, Jonah B.; Hoynes, Hilary W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Labor supply theory predicts systematic heterogeneity in the impact of recent welfare reforms on earnings, transfers, and income. Yet most welfare reform research focuses on mean impacts. We investigate the importance of heterogeneity using random-assignment data from Connecticut's Jobs First...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762050
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The Effect of Renewable Energy Development on Carbon Emission Reduction: An Empirical Analysis for the EU-15 Countries
Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas; Altmann, Jörn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The increased concerns about climate change have made renewable energy sources an important topic of research. Several scholars have applied different methodologies to examine the relationships between energy consumption and economic growth of individual and groups of countries and to analyze...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884245
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The Welfare Impact of Price Changes on Household Welfare and Inequality 1999-2010
Loughrey, Jason; O'Donoghue, Cathal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper provides a single welfare measure to show the effects of consumer price changes upon households in Ireland … component using the Atkinson Social Welfare Function. The efficiency component includes the behavioural response to price … of households in response to price changes in most years. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024603
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Crisis, Response and Distributional Impact: The Case of Ireland
Callan, Tim; Nolan, Brian; Keane, Claire; Savage, Michael; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Ireland is one of the countries most severely affected by the Great Recession. National income fell by more than 10 per cent between 2007 and 2012, as a result of the bursting of a remarkable property bubble, an exceptionally severe banking crisis, and deep fiscal adjustment. This paper examines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884145