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Implications of labor supply specifications in CGE models: A demonstration for employment of Palestinian labor in Israel and its impact on the West Bank economy
Agbahey, Johanes; Siddig, Khalid; Grethe, Harald - 2020
Results of general equilibrium models are sensitive to model parameterization and specification. The role of macroeconomic closures and the effect of trade elasticities are documented in the literature, but there is no systematic analysis of the implications of different labor supply...
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Economic incentives, home production and gender identity norms
Ichino, Andrea; Olsson, Martin; Petrongolo, Barbara; … - 2019
We infer the role of gender identity norms from the reallocation of childcare across parents, following changes in their relative wages. By exploiting variation from a Swedish tax reform, we estimate the elasticity of substitution in parental childcare for the whole population and for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012039318
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Revisiting the role of home production in life-cycle labor supply
Faberman, R. Jason - 2015
This paper examines the role of home production in estimating life-cycle labor supply. I show that, consistent with previous studies, ignoring an individual's time spent on home production when estimating the Frisch elasticity of labor supply biases its estimate downwards. I also show, however,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011460659
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Economic incentives, home production and gender identity norms
Ichino, Andrea; Olsson, Martin; Petrongolo, Barbara; … - 2019
We infer the role of gender identity norms from the reallocation of childcare across parents, following changes in their relative wages. By exploiting variation from a Swedish tax reform, we estimate the elasticity of substitution in parental childcare for the whole population and for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012144231
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Optimal Taxation in Search Equilibrium with Home Production
Engström, Per; Holmlund, Bertil; Kolm, Ann-Sofie - 2001
services are produced both in the market and within the households. We use the model to examine how unemployment and welfare … reduces unemployment whereas a tax cut on goods has no effect. A reform involving tax differentiation, with lower taxes on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321719
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Labor Taxation in Search Equililbrium with Home Production
Holmlund, Bertil - 2000
Conventional models of equilibrium unemployment typically imply that proportional taxes on labor earnings are neutral … with respect to unemployment as long as the tax does not affect the replacement rate provided by unemployment insurance, i ….e., unemployment benefits relative to after-tax earnings. When home production is an option, the conventional results may no longer …
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Having it all? Employment, earnings and children
Laun, Tobias; Wallenius, Johanna - 2017
Sweden boasts high fertility and high female employment. However, part-time employment is very prevalent. There is a notable gender gap in both wages and earnings, which widens substantially after women have children. In this paper we study the effect of family policies on female employment,...
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Taxes and market hours: The role of gender and skill
Duval-Hernández, Robert; Fang, Lei; Ngai, Rachel - 2017
Cross-country differences of market hours in 17 countries belonging to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development are mainly due to the hours of women, especially low-skilled women. This paper develops a model to account for the gender-skill differences in market hours across...
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Taxes, subsidies, and gender gaps in hours and wages
Duval-Hernández, Robert; Fang, Lei; Ngai, Liwa Rachel - 2021
Using micro data from 17 countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, this paper documents a negative cross-country correlation between gender ratios in market hours and wages. We find that market hours by women and the size of the service sector that produces close...
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Time use of mothers and fathers in hard times: The US recession of 2007 - 09
Berik, Günseli; Kongar, Ebru - 2012
The recession precipitated by the US financial crisis of 2007 accelerated the convergence of women's and men's employment rates, as men experienced disproportionate job losses and women's entry into the labor force gathered pace. Using the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) data for 2003-10, this...
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