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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 …
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through working time reductions. We use information on the entire labour market career and other observables to control for …, these larger financial incentives induce them to leave the labour force prematurely. These adverse incentives are stronger …
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short-lived worse off. When compensated (i.e. constant labour earnings), uniform working time reductions make the short …
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paper we argue that practicality is not the only feature that can be addressed by means of stochastic choice theory. This … theory also offers a powerful framework for developing a more realistic model for labor supply choices, founded on … individuals having preferences over jobs and facing restrictions on the choice of jobs and hours of work. We discuss and clarify …
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-Krusell preferences (Boppart and Krusell (2020)). On the supply side, economic growth is due to the expansion of consumption …
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We document contemporaneous differences in the aggregate labor supply of married couples across 17 European countries and the US. Based on a model of joint household decision making, we quantify the contribution of international differences in non-linear labor income taxes and consumption taxes...
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At least since 1870 hours worked per worker declined and real wages increased in many of today's industrialized countries. The dual nature of technological progress in conjunction with a consumption-leisure complementarity explains these stylized facts. Technological progress drives real wages...
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incentives for excessive labour supply in competitive markets. We show that trade unions which are unable to internalise the …
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Socio-Economic Panel and the Qualification and Career Survey, this model is estimated by a discrete duration method. The MWP …
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We leverage U.S. county-day temperature variation combined with daily time use data to examine the effect of temperature on the timing of work. We find that warmer (colder) temperatures increase (decrease) working time during the night and decrease (increase) working time in the morning. These...
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