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Skatter, tjänster och sysselsättning : betänkande av Tjänstebeskattningsutredningen

1997

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The effect of minimum wages on immigrants' employment and earnings

Orrenius, Pia M.; Zavodny, Madeline - 2008

This study examines how minimum wage laws affect the employment and earnings of low-skilled immigrants and natives in the U.S. Minimum wage increases might have larger effects among low-skilled immigrants than among natives because, on average, immigrants earn less than natives due to lower...

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Evaluation of an in-work tax credit reform in Sweden: effects on labor supply and welfare participation of single mothers

Aaberge, Rolf; Flood, Lennart - 2008

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a recent Swedish in-work tax credit reform where we pay particular attention to labor market exclusion; i.e. individuals in as well as outside the labor force are included in the analysis. To highlight the importance of the joint effects from the tax and...

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TIPping the scales towards greater employment chances? Evaluation of a Trial Introduction Program (TIP) for newly-arrived immigrants based on random program assignment

Andersson Joona, Pernilla; Nekby, Lena - 2009

A Trial Introduction Program (TIP) for newly-arrived immigrants to Sweden was implemented from October 2006 to June …

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On mandatory activation of welfare recipients

Dahlberg, Matz; Johansson, Kajsa; Mörk, Eva - 2009

This paper investigates whether mandatory activation programs for welfare recipients have effects on welfare participation, employment and disposable income. In contrast to earlier studies, we are able to capture both entry and exit effects. The empirical analysis makes use of a Swedish welfare...

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A comparison of the poverty impact of transfers, taxes and market income across five OECD countries

Bibi, Sami; Duclos, Jean-Yves - 2008

This paper compares the poverty reduction impact of income sources, taxes and transfers across five OECD countries. Since the estimation of that impact can depend on the order in which the various income sources are introduced into the analysis, it is done by using the Shapley value. Estimates...

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SWEtaxben: a Swedish tax/benefit micro simulation model and an evaluation of a Swedish tax reform

Ericson, Peter; Flood, Lennart; Wahlberg, Roger - 2009

The purpose of SWEtaxben is to evaluate the impact of changes in the tax/benefit systems on households as well as the central governmental budget. Relating to the micro simulation literature this model can be labeled a static micro simulation model with behavioral changes. This behavioral change...

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Non-parametric inference for the effect of a treatment on survival times with application in the health and social sciences

Luna, Xavier de; Johansson, Per - 2009

In this paper we perform inference on the effect of a treatment on survival times in studies where the treatment assignment is not randomized and the assignment time is not known in advance. Two such studies are discussed: a heart transplant program and a study of Swedish unemployed eligible for...

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Citizenship, co-ethnic populations and employment probabilities of immigrants in Sweden

Bevelander, Pieter; Pendakur, Ravi - 2009

Over the last decades, Sweden has liberalized its citizenship policy by reducing the required number of years of … explore the link between citizenship and employment probabilities for immigrants in Sweden, controlling for a range of … for this analysis consists of register data on the whole population of Sweden held by Statistics Sweden for the year 2006 …

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From giving birth to paid labor: the effects of adult education for prime-aged mothers

Bergemann, Annette; van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2008

Women without work after childbirth are at risk of losing their connection to the labor market. However, they may participate in adult education programs. We analyze the effect of this on the duration to work and on the wage rate, by applying conditional difference-in-differences approaches. We...

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