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Time and money: substitutes in real terms and complements in satisfactions
Bonke, Jens; Deding, Mette; Lausten, Mette - 2006
determination of economic satisfaction and leisure satisfaction. We test some hypotheses, including the hypothesis that leisure … satisfaction depends on both the quantity and quality of leisure-where quality is proxied by good intensiveness and social … intensiveness. Our results show that both the quantity and the quality of leisure are important determinants of leisure satisfaction …
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Gender and racial wage gaps in Brazil 1996-2006: Evidence using a matching comparisons approach
Marques Garcia, Luana; Ñopo, Hugo; Salardi, Paola - 2009
This paper explores the evolution of Brazilian wage gaps by gender and skin color over a decade (1996-2006), using the matching comparison methodology developed by Ñopo (2008). In Brazil, racial wage gaps are more pronounced than those found along the gender divide, although both noticeably...
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The gender wage gap in Peru 1986-2000: Evidence from a matching comparisons approach
Ñopo, Hugo - 2009
Applying the methodology developed in Ñopo (2004), this paper analyzes the evolution of the gender wage gap in Peru from 1986 to 2000. This methodology has two advantages. First, it recognizes that the supports of observable characteristics distributions differ substantially. Second, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278263
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Tax Reform Evaluation Using Nonparametric Methods: Sweden 1980 - 1991
Blomquist, Sören; Eklöf, Matias; Newey, Whitney - 1997
This paper evaluates the tax reforms carried out in Sweden between 1980 and 1991. We use a recently developed nonparametric labor supply function to account for the behavorial responses of the taxed individuals. We decompose the tax reform to study how the separate components influence hours of...
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Simulating the future of the Swedish baby-boom generations
Klevmarken, N. Anders; Bolin, Kristian; Eklöf, Matias; … - 2007
For the purpose of studying the consequences of the ageing of the Swedish population a group of scientists have enlarged the microsimulation model SESIM - originally developed at the Swedish Ministry of Finance - with modules that simulate health status, take up of sickness benefits, retirement,...
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Women in top incomes: Evidence from Sweden 1974-2013
Boschini, Anne; Gunnarsson, Kristin; Roine, Jesper - 2018
Using a large, register-based panel data set we study gender differences in top incomes in Sweden over the period 1974-2013. We find that, while women are still a minority of the top decile group, and make up a smaller share the higher up in the distribution we move, their presence has steadily...
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Optimal Taxation in Search Equilibrium with Home Production
Engström, Per; Holmlund, Bertil; Kolm, Ann-Sofie - 2001
The paper develops a two-sector general equilibrium search model where goods are produced exclusively in the market and services are produced both in the market and within the households. We use the model to examine how unemployment and welfare are affected by labor taxes in general and sectoral...
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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...
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Technology, institutions and allocation of time in Swedish households 1920 - 1990
Svensson, Lars - 2008
-1990. Much of that time was gradually transferred to the labour market, but no evidence can be found for an increase in leisure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273966
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Gender differences in time poverty in rural Mozambique
Arora, Diksha - 2014
The study examines the nature and extent of time poverty experienced by men and women in subsistence households in Mozambique. Gender roles, shaped by patriarchal norms, place heavy work obligations on women. Time-use data from a primary household survey in Mozambique is used for this analysis....
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