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Taxation and the Earnings of Husbands and Wives
Gelber, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper examines the response of husbands' and wives' earnings to a tax reform in which husbands' and wives' tax …. Standard econometric specifications may substantially mis-estimate earnings responses to taxation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008636473
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An investigation into the positive effect of an educated wife on her husband’s earnings: the case of Japan in the period between 2000 and 2003.
Yamamura, Eiji; Mano, Yukichi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
We analyze the effect of a wife’s human capital on her husband’s earnings, using individual-level data for Japan in the … period 2000–2003. We find a positive association between a wife’s education and her husband’s earnings, which can be … suggestive evidence that educated wives increase their husbands’ productivity and earnings only when they are non-workers and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009025312
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Dependent Elderly and Gender Equality in Bulgaria
Beleva, Iskra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The paper describes the current provisions, employment implications and policy options for care for elderly people in Bulgaria. The aging of the Bulgarian population makes this problem quite sensitive for the society and important from policy point of view. That is because the elderly people are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260590
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The Relationship Between the Effects of a Wife’s Education on her Husband’s Earnings and her Labor Participation: Japan in the period 2000 -2003
Yamamura, Eiji; Mano, Yukichi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
In this paper, we explore the relationship between the influence of wives’ human capital on their husbands’ earnings … capital has a positive effect on her husband’s earnings regardless of her work status when the entire sample is used … wife’s labor participation drastically reduces the positive effect of her human capital on her husband’s earnings after …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008560974
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A Single-Mindedness model with n generations
Emanuele, Canegrati - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In this paper I will analyse the redistribution of income amongst n generations using the Single-mindedness Theory. I will introduce a new expression for the balanced-budget constraint, no longer based on lump- sum transfers as in the traditional literature, but rather on more realistic labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835397
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The Consequences of the Demographic Transition for Women’s Status in Society
Namasaka, Martin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
The demographic transition is perhaps the most important event to occur in human affairs during the last 250 years, since the time of the enlightenment. It started in the countries of north-western Europe, and it has gone on to affect the rest of the world (Dyson 2009). Signified by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011122278
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Job loss and household labor supply adjustments in developing countries: Evidence from Argentina
Ciaschi, Matías; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2022
Using longitudinal data for Argentina, we estimate the labor supply reaction of spouses and children to their husband's or father's job loss. Our findings show that job loss by the household head has a positive and significant impact on the labor supply of other household members. However, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013412962
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Gender Roles and Medical Progress
Albanesi, Stefania; Olivetti, Claudia - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
The entry of married women into the labor force is one of the most notable economic phenomena of the twentieth century. We argue that medical progress played a critical role in this process. Improved maternal health alleviated the adverse effects of pregnancy and childbirth on women's ability to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005714068
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Beyond the Classroom: Using Title IX to Measure the Return to High School Sports
Stevenson, Betsey - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
Between 1972 and 1978 U.S. high schools rapidly increased their female athletic participation rates--to approximately the same level as their male athletic participation rates--in order to comply with Title IX, a policy change that provides a unique quasi-experiment in female athletic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008614941
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Gender Roles and Technological Progress
Albanesi, Stefania; Olivetti, Claudia - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
participation in the labor force, thus providing the incentive to invest in market skills, potentially narrowing gender earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005774648