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Universal childcare for the youngest and the maternal labour supply
Kunze, Astrid; Liu, Xingfei - 2019
In this paper, we investigate whether the expansion of childcare leads to an increase in the female labour supply. We measure female labour supply at both the extensive and intensive margin. For identification, we exploit a nationwide reform that expanded childcare for 1–2- year-olds in...
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Immigration, unemployment and wages : new causality evidence from the United Kingdom
Tunali, Çiğdem Börke; Fidrmuc, Jan; Campos, Nauro - 2017 - This version: April 4, 2017
The vast literature on the effects of immigration on wages and employment is plagued by likely endogeneity and … unemployment and wages in aggregate analysis. We do find, however, evidence of distributional effects when accounting for human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011646817
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A public good version of the collective household model : an empirical approach with an application to British household data
Klaveren, Chris Van (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003630663
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How do migrants choose their destination country? : an analysis of institutional determinants
Geis, Wido; Übelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - 2008
micro-data for France, Germany, the UK and the US, we study their decisions to migrate to one of the four countries using a … Multinomial Choice framework. Our estimates confirm a number of conventional results such as positive effects of wages and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805994
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VAT notches
Liu, Li; Lockwood, Ben - 2015
) develops a formula for estimating the elasticity of value-added with respect to the statutory tax. We show that the marginal … excess burden of the tax on suppliers is measured by this elasticity, extending Feldstein.s analysis of the elasticity of … transactions, again consistently with the theory. We provide an estimate of the elasticity of the VAT tax base in the range of 0 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528284
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A re-examination of the link between real exchange rates and real interest rate differentials
Hoffmann, Mathias; MacDonald, Ronald - 2003
The real exchange rate - real interest rate (RERI) relationship is central to most open economy macroeconomic models. However, empirical support for the relationship, especially when cointegrationbased methods are used, is rather weak. In this paper we reinvestigate the RERI relationship using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506475
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What do we know about recent exchange rate models? : in-sample fit and out-of-sample performance evaluated
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Chinn, Menzie David; Pascual, Antonio … - 2003
Previous assessments of nominal exchange rate determination have focused upon a narrow set of models typically of the 1970 s vintage, including monetary and portfolio balance models. In this paper we re-assess the in-sample fit and out-of-sample prediction of a wider set of models that have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507659
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Being independent is a great thing : subjective evaluations of self-employment and hierarchy
Frey, Bruno S.; Benz, Matthias - 2003
One can be independent, or subject to decisions made by others. This paper empirically tests whether individuals attach an intrinsic value to the institutional difference between independence and hierarchy. Taking self-employment as an important case of independence, it is shown that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507967
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Electoral uncertainty, fiscal policies & growth : theory and evidence from Germany, the UK and the US
Oikonomidēs, Geōrgios; Malley, James R.; … - 2003
economic growth. The model is estimated using quarterly data for Germany, the UK and the US from 1960 to 1999. Our econometric …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011511068
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Exchange rate dynamics : where is the saddle path?
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Gardeazabal, Javier; Vázquez, Jesús - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402689