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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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Urban Informal Sector: How much Women are Struggling for Family Survival
Khan, Tasnim; Khan, Rana Ejaz Ali Khan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Abstract: The paper analyzed the contribution of informally employed women (for the age group of 16-60 years) in their household budget. The urban informal sector absorbs the women workers largely. What are the determinants of their contribution in their household budgets to make survival of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005027146
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Gender differences in the distribution of total work-time of Latin- American families: the importance of social norms
Campaña, Juan Carlos; Gimenez-Nadal, J. Ignacio; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
We analyze differences by gender in the time dedicated to total work (paid and unpaid) by families in Latin America, with particular attention to the effect of social norms. To this end, we use survey data on time use in Mexico (2009), Peru (2010), Ecuador (2012) and Colombia (2012), to estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196658
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Upgrading or polarization? Occupational change in Britain, Germany, Spain and Switzerland, 1990-2008
Oesch, Daniel; Rodriguez Menes, Jorge - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
We analyze the pattern of occupational change over the last two decades in Britain, Germany, Spain and Switzerland: which jobs have been expanding – high-paid jobs, low-paid jobs or both? Based on individual-level data, we examine what hypothesis is most consistent with the observed change:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008592967