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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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Shared parenting and parents' income evolution after separation: New explorative insights from Germany
Boll, Christina; Schüller, Simone - 2021
true for mothers in the medium-term, but their earnings barely improve during that time. Mothers stay highly involved in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012590979
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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 Impact of Participation in Sports on Educational Attainment: New Evidence from Germany
Cornelißen, Thomas; Pfeifer, Christian - 2007
We analyze the impact of exercising sports during childhood and adolescence on educational attainment. The theoretical framework is based on models of allocation of time and educational productivity. Using the rich information from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we apply generalized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600714
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The Impact of Participation in Sports on Educational Attainment: New Evidence from Germany
Cornelißen, Thomas; Pfeifer, Christian - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007
We analyze the impact of exercising sports during childhood and adolescence on educational attainment. The theoretical framework is based on models of allocation of time and educational productivity. Using the rich information from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we apply generalized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017445
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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 effects of after-school programs on maternal employment
Dehos, Fabian; Paul, Marie - 2017
This paper evaluates the impact of a massive expansion of after-school programs (ASPs) on the labor market participation of mothers with primary school children in the West German context of relatively low full-time employment rates. Using an instrumental variables approach we exploit regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011665806
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The child penalty: Implications of parenthood on labour market outcomes for men and women in Germany
Feldhoff, Charlotte H. - 2021
. The main contribution of this paper is the analysis of the effect of parenthood on women's and men's earnings using … the first child to be -10500€ for women and +6800€ for men. When comparing the percentage loss of potential earnings, I …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012483867