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'Making Work Pay' in a Rationed Labor Market

Bargain, Olivier - 2006

We assess the labor supply effects of two quot;making work payquot; reforms in Germany. We provide evidence in favor of … policies that distinguish between low effort and low productivity by targeting individuals with low wages rather than …

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Labor Supply Elasticities in Europe and the US

Bargain, Olivier - 2011

Despite numerous studies on labor supply, the size of elasticities is rarely comparable across countries. In this paper, we suggest the first large-scale international comparison of elasticities, while netting out possible differences due to methods, data selection and the period of...

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Comparing Labor Supply Elasticities in Europe and the US : New Results

Bargain, Olivier - 2012

We suggest the first large-scale international comparison of labor supply elasticities for 17 European countries and the US, separately by gender and marital status. Measurement differences are netted out by using a harmonized empirical approach and comparable data sources. We find that own-wage...

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Comparing Inequality Aversion Across Countries When Labor Supply Responses Differ

Bargain, Olivier - 2013

We analyze to which extent social inequality aversion differs across nations when controlling for actual country differences in labor supply responses. Towards this aim, we estimate labor supply elasticities at both extensive and intensive margins for 17 EU countries and the US. Using the same...

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Steady-State Labor Supply Elasticities : A Survey

Bargain, Olivier - 2013

choices in explaining the large variation in elasticity size observed across studies. While some recent studies show that … focus here on time changes and estimation methods as key contributors of the differences across studies. Both factors can … the Hausman estimation approach to discrete-choice models with tax-benefit simulations). Meta-analysis evidence suggests …

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Welfare, Labor Supply and Heterogeneous Preferences : Evidence for Europe and the US

Bargain, Olivier - 2011

Following the report of the Stiglitz Commission, measuring and comparing well-being across countries has gained renewed interest. Yet, analyses that go beyond income and incorporate non-market dimensions of welfare most often rely on the assumption of identical preferences to avoid the...

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Back to the Future : Decomposition Analysis of Distributive Policies Using Behavioural Simulations

Bargain, Olivier - 2010

For policy makers and analysts, it is important to isolate the redistributive impact of tax-benefit policy changes from changes in the environment in which policies operate. When actual reforms are motivated by work incentives, it is also crucial to evaluate behavioural responses and the...

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Flexible Labor Supply Models

Bargain, Olivier - 2009

Discrete-choice models of labor supply have become very popular for ex ante evaluations of policy reforms as they easily account for non-convex budget sets. We test the constraints imposed in practice on these models and suggest a fully flexible model that significantly improves fit

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Female Labor Supply and Divorce : New Evidence from Ireland

Bargain, Olivier - 2010

If participation in the labor market helps to secure women's outside options in the case of divorce/separation, an increase in the perceived risk of marital dissolution may accelerate the increase in female labor supply. This simple prediction has been tested in the literature using time and/or...

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