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Diffusion of a Social Norm: Tracing the Emergence of the Housewife in the Netherlands, 1812-1922

Poppel, Frans W.A. van; Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Walhout, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006

The emergence of the housewife in the Netherlands over the period 1812-1922 was strongly influenced by the social norm that women should withdraw from the labour market on the eve of marriage. Adherence to this norm is most clearly reflected in the emergence of the housewife among the lower...

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Intra-Household Work Timing: The Effect on Joint Activities and the Demand for Child Care

Klaveren, Chris van; Brink, Henriette Maassen van den; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011

This study examines if couples time their work hours and how this work timing influences child care demand and the time that spouses jointly spend on leisure, household chores and child care. By using a innovative matching strategy, this studies identifies the timing of work hours that cannot be...

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Intra-household Work Time Synchronization: Togetherness or Material Benefits?

Klaveren, Chris van; Brink, Henriëtte Maassen van den - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005

If partners derive utility from joint leisure time, it is expected that they will coordinate their work schedules in order to increase the amount of joint leisure. In order to control for differences in constraints and selection effects, this paper uses a new matching procedure, providing...

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On the Timing of Marriage, Cattle and Weather Shocks

Hoogeveen, Hans; Klaauw, Bas van der; Lomwel, Gijsbert van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

This discussion paper resulted in an article in 'Economic Development and Cultural Change', 2011, 60, 121-154. <P> In this paper we focus on the timing of marriages of women, whose marriages are associated with bride wealth payments, which are transfers from (the family of) the groom to the bride's...</p>

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Price and Income Elasticities of Residential Water Demand: Why Empirical Estimates differ

Dalhuisen, Jasper M.; Florax, Raymond J.G.M.; Groot, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2001

This paper presents a meta-analysis of variations in price and income elasticities of residential water demand.Information on the determinants of consumer demand is of pivotal importance for the efficiency and efficacy ofpublic and private policy-making. It is also crucial for effective water...

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Welfare Effects of Distortionary Tax Incentives under Preference Heterogeneity: An Application to Employer-provided Electric Cars

Dimitropoulos, Alexandros; Ommeren, Jos N. van; Koster, Paul - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

This paper presents an approach for the estimation of welfare effects of tax policy changes under heterogeneity in … consumer preferences. The approach is applied to evaluate the welfare effects of current tax advantages for electric vehicles … increase in the taxation of electric company cars is substantial and even outweighs the marginal tax revenue raised. …

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Capital Market Failure, Adverse Selection and Equity Financing of Higher Education

Jacobs, Bas; Wijnbergen, Sweder J.G. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005

implement equity and insurance contracts through thetax system using a graduate tax. This paper shows that public …

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When a Price is Enough: Implementation in Optimal Tax Design

Renes, Sander; Zoutman, Floris T. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

This paper studies the design of tax systems that implement a planner's second-best allocation in a market economy. An … example shows that the widely used Mirrleesian (1976) tax system cannot implement all incentive-compatible allocations … one tax system. However, this tax system is often undesirable since it severely restricts the choice space of agents in …

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How do Parents allocate Time ?

Bloemen, Hans G.; Stancanelli, Elena G.F. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008

This paper focuses on the time allocation of spouses and the impact of economic variables. We present a stylized model of the time allocation of spouses to illustrate the expected impact of wages and non-labour income. The empirical model simultaneously specifies three time-use choices -paid...

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An Empirical Analysis of the Time Allocation of Italian Couples: Are Italian Men Irresponsive?

Bloemen, Hans G.; Pasqua, Silvia; Stancanelli, Elena G.F. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008

This paper analyzes the time allocation of Italian spouses to paid work, childcare and household work. The literature suggests that Italian husbands contribute the least to unpaid household work, relative to other European countries, while Italian women have the lowest market employment rates....

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