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Older Mothers' Employment and Marriage Stability When the Nest is Empty

d'Albis, Hippolyte; Doorley, Karina; Stancanelli, Elena - 2022

and on mothers' labour market outcomes. Much less is known about older mothers' employment and marriage patterns when the … nest is negatively associated with older mothers' marriage probability. There is scope for better targeting of both family … and retirement policies for older mothers during those critical years when adult children leave the parental nest …

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Will Childcare Subsidies Increase the Labour Supply of Mothers in Ireland?

Doorley, Karina; Tuda, Dora; Duggan, Luke - 2023

The cost of childcare has a significant impact on the decision of parents particularly mothers to work. Prior to the … and childcare choices of mothers. We model the joint decision of labour supply and childcare for lone and coupled mothers … of children under six. Mothers are likely to respond to the introduction of childcare subsidies in 2019 by switching from …

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Taxation, Work and Gender Equality in Ireland

Doorley, Karina - 2018

In most developed countries, economies are facing population ageing, falling fertility rates and stagnating labour force participation. The ability of governments to fund future pension and health-care expenditure relies to a large extent on income tax and social security receipts from workers....

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Fiscal Sustainability and Demographic Change : A Micro Approach for 27 EU Countries

Dolls, Mathias - 2016

The effect of demographic change on the labor force and on fiscal revenues is topical in light of potential pension shortfalls. This paper evaluates the effect of demographic changes between 2010 and 2030 on labor force participation and government budgets in the EU-27. Our analysis involves the...

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Changes in Income Distributions and the Role of Tax-Benefit Policy During the Great Recession : An International Perspective

Bargain, Olivier - 2014

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...

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To Own or Not to Own? Household Portfolios, Demographics and Institutions in a Cross-National Perspective

Sierminska, Eva - 2014

Using harmonized wealth data and a novel decomposition approach, we show that cohort effects exist in the income profiles of asset and debt portfolios for a sample of European countries, the U.S. and Canada. We find that younger households' participation decisions in assets are more responsive...

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The Gender Gap in Income and the Covid-19 Pandemic

Doorley, Karina; O'Donoghue, Cathal; Sologon, Denisa Maria - 2022

The gender income gap is large and well documented for many countries. Recent research shows that it is mainly driven by differences in working patterns between men and women, but also by wage differences. The tax-benefit system cushions the gender income gap by redistributing between men and...

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