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Gender differences in the distribution of total work-time of Latin-American families : the importance of social norms
Campaña, Juan Carlos; Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; … - 2015
We analyze differences by gender in the time dedicated to total work (paid and unpaid) by families in Latin America, with particular attention to the effect of social norms. To this end, we use survey data on time use in Mexico (2009), Peru (2010), Ecuador (2012) and Colombia (2012), to estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010501875
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Putting structure on the RD design : social transfers and youth inactivity in France
Bargain, Olivier; Doorley, Karina - 2013
and by an additional exclusion restriction on the form of financial incentives to work. We investigate the performance of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774296
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Life cycle employment and fertility across institutional environments
Del Boca, Daniela (contributor);  … - 2006
In this paper, we formulate a dynamic utility maximization model of female labor force participation and fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003467010
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Why are fertility and women's employment rates so low in Italy? : Lessons from France and the UK
Del Boca, Daniela (contributor); Pasqua, Silvia (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002226377
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Market work and motherhood decisions in contexts
Del Boca, Daniela (contributor); Pasqua, Silvia (contributor) - 2008
differences in participation and fertility rates for women from different European countries can be attributed to the … educational levels, childcare and optional parental leaves have a larger impact on the fertility and participation decisions of … women at lower educational levels. -- Employment ; fertility ; childcare ; parental leave …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003646725
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Tax policy and income inequality in the US, 1978 - 2009 : a decomposition approach
Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Immervoll, Herwig; … - 2011
We assess the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality by applying a new decomposition method that allows us to disentangle mechanical effects due to changes in pre-tax incomes from direct effects of policy reforms. While tax reforms implemented under Democrat administrations, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009311991
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No claim, no pain : measuring the non-take-up of social assistance using register data
Bargain, Olivier; Immervoll, Herwig; Viitamäki, Heikki - 2010
The main objectives of social assistance benefits, including poverty alleviation and labor-market or social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009312930
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Partisan tax policy and income inequality in the US, 1979 - 2007
Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Immervoll, Herwig; … - 2013
We assess the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality by applying a new decomposition method that allows us to disentangle the direct policy effect from the effect of changing market incomes. Over the whole period 1979-2007 the cumulative tax policy effect aggravated income inequality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009700210
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Changes in income distributions and the role of tax-benefit policy during the Great Recession : an international perspective
Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim; Doorley, Karina; Keane, … - 2013
This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely France, Germany, the UK and Ireland, and the contribution of tax and benefit policy changes. The period examined, 2008 to 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010212995
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Back to the future : decomposition analysis of distributive policies using behavioural simulations
Bargain, Olivier - 2010
changes in the environment in which policies operate. When actual reforms are motivated by work incentives, it is also crucial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009013038