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Family Bargaining and Taxes:A Prolegomenon to the Analysis of Joint Taxation
Pollak, Robert A. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Does joint taxation disadvantage women? To answer that question, this paper begins byreviewing unitary and bargaining … models of intrafamily allocation, and then discusses thedeterminants of "bargaining power" in a world without taxes... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861560
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A Positive Theory of the Earnings Relationship ofUnemployment Benefits
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
utility. We show for a wage bargaining model that a stronger earningsrelationship of unemployment benefits may reduce wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862298
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The Effects of In-Work Benefit Reform in Britainon Couples: Theory and Evidence
Francesconi, Marco; Rainer, Helmut; Klaauw, Wilbert van der - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper examines the effects of the Working Families´ Tax Credit (WFTC) on couples inBritain. We develop a simple model of household decisions which explicitly accounts for therole played by the tax and benefit system. Its main implications are then tested using paneldata from the British...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862316
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On the Optimality of a Minimum Wage:New Insights from Optimal Tax Theory
Hungerbühler, Mathias; Lehmann, Etienne - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We build a theoretical model to study whether a minimum wage can be welfare-improving if itis implemented in conjunction with an optimized nonlinear income tax. We consider this issuein a framework where search frictions on the labor market generate unemployment. Workersdiffer in productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862337
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Real and Nominal Wage Rigidities inCollective Bargaining Agreements
Christofides, Louis N.; Nearchou, Paris - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
An earlier study of wage agreements, reached in the Canadian unionized sector between1976-99, found that wage adjustment is characterized by downward nominal rigidity andsignificant spikes at zero. We extend this earlier approach to encompass the possibility ofreal as well as nominal wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005863007
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The Politicians' Wage Gap : Insights from German Members of Parliament
Peichl, Andreas - 2011
Using a unique dataset of German members of parliament with information on total earnings including outside income, this paper analyzes the politicians' wage gap (PWG). After controlling for observable characteristics as well as accounting for selection into politics, we find a positive PWG...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129100
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Wage Cyclicality Under Different Regimes of Industrial Relations
Gartner, Hermann - 2010
Germany, we find that works councils affect wage growth only in combination with collective bargaining. Wage adjustments to … positive and negative economic shocks are not always symmetric. Only under sectoral bargaining there is a (nearly symmetric …) reaction to rising and falling unemployment. In contrast, wage growth in establishments without collective bargaining adjusts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137244
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Outsourcing Cost and Tax Progression Under Nash Wage Bargaining with Flexible Outsourcing
Koskela, Erkki - 2010
bargaining and flexible outsourcing. With sufficiently strong (weak) labor market imperfection, lower outsourcing cost has a wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139708
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The Wage-Productivity Gap Revisited : Is the Labour Share Neutral to Employment?
Karanassou, Marika - 2010
This paper challenges the prevailing view of the neutrality of the labour income share to labour demand, and investigates its impact on the evolution of employment. Whilst maintaining the assumption of a unitary long-run elasticity of wages with respect to productivity, we demonstrate that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139711
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Wage Dispersion and Decentralization of Wage Bargaining
Dahl, Christian M. - 2011
This paper studies how decentralization of wage bargaining from sector to firm-level influences wage levels and wage … decentralization. We find a wage premium associated with firm-level bargaining relative to sector-level bargaining, and that the return … are more dispersed under firm-level bargaining compared to more centralized wage-setting systems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117610