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Microeconomic Analysis of Time-Use Data. Did We Reach the Promised Land?
Klevmarken, N.A. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1998
This paper surveys the last decade of micro-economic research using time-use data. Focusing on the household production … model, time-use as an investment activity, and the distribution of extended income, issues of data collection, measurement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005669569
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Instead of Bowling Alone? Unretirement of Old-Age Pensioners
Pettersson, Jan - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011
We study re-entry to the workforce of fully retired persons, so-called unretirement, and whether the decision to resume work depends primarily on social or economic reasons. Using Swedish register data for already retired individuals older than 55, we find unretirement to vary between 6 and 14...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293642
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The effect of changes in the replacement rate on partial retirement in Sweden
Glans, Erik - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2008
-time retirement behaviour in Sweden. During the 1980s, older workers had the option of partial retirement with an income replacement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419195
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Retirement patterns during the Swedish pension reform
Glans, Erik - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2008
The Swedish pension reform of 1999-2003 provides an opportunity to study whether and how important economic incentives are for the timing of retirement. The new pension system provides a much closer link between contributions and benefits than the former system. I study whether the reform has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419216
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The Hausman-MaCurdy Controversy - Why Do Results Differ Between Studies?
Eklof, M.; Sacklen, H. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1997
estimated income and wage effects can be attributed to the use of differing nonlabor income and wage measures. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005638538
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For some mothers more than others: how children matter for labour market outcomes when both fertility and female employment are low
Karbownik, Krzysztof; Myck, Michal - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012
We estimate the causal relationship between family size and labour market outcomes for families in low fertility and low female employment regime. Family size is instrumented using twinning and gender composition of the first two children. Among families with at least one child we identify the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690421
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Labour Supply Responses to Paid Parental Leave
Karimi, Arizo; Lindahl, Erica; Skogman Thoursie, Peter - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012
in income and wages. Consequently, many countries exert effort to promote a more gender equal division of parental leave …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690429
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Estimating labour supply elasticities based on cross-country micro data: A bridge between micro and macro estimates?
Jäntti, Markus; Pirttilä, Jukka; Selin, Håkan - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2013
We utilise repeated cross sections of micro data from several countries, available from the Luxembourg Income Study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818677
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For some mothers more than others: how children matter for labour market outcomes when both fertility and female employment are low
Karbownik, Krzysztof; Myck, Michal - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012
We estimate the causal relationship between family size and labour market outcomes for families in low fertility and low female employment regime. Family size is instrumented using twinning and gender composition of the first two children. Among families with at least one child we identify the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818814
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Tax Policy and Employment: How Does the Swedish System Fare?
Pirttälä, Jukka; Selin, Håkan - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011
This paper reviews the literature on optimal taxation of labour income and the empirical work on labour supply and the … elasticity of taxable income in Sweden. It also presents an overview of Swedish taxation of labour income, offers calculations on … for reforming the Swedish tax system to improve its labour market impacts. We suggest better targeting the earned income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008836582