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Maximum fee vs child benefit: A welfare analysis of Swedish child-care fee reform

Brink, Anna; Nordblom, Katarina; Wahlberg, Roger - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2007

The effects of a recent Swedish child-care fee reform are compared with those of an alternative reform, increased child … benefits. The fee reform implied considerably decreased fees and was intended to increase both labor supply among parents and … aversion, the alternative reform would have been preferable to the implemented fee reform. <p> …

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From Welfare to Work: Evaluating a Proposed Tax and Benefit Reform Targeted at Single Mothers in Sweden

Flood, Lennart; Pylkkänen, Elina; Wahlberg, Roger - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2003

In this paper we propose a tax and benefit reform to increase the working hours and to decrease the welfare … self-selection into welfare. The proposed reform would generate welfare-gains for virtually everyone in the sample, yet …

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Labour Force Participation among Older New Zealanders, 1991-2013

Cameron, Michael P. - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2014

WNew Zealand’s population is ageing rapidly and alongside this the labour force is also ageing. This paper presents a descriptive analysis of the labour force and employment trends among older New Zealanders (that is, those aged 55 and over). Specifically, the paper focuses on labour force...

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Can Social Media Predict Election Results? Evidence from New Zealand

Cameron, Michael P.; Barrett, Patrick; Stewardson, Bob - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2013

The importance of social media for election campaigning has received a lot of attention recently. Using data from the 2011 New Zealand General Election and the size of candidates’ social media networks on Facebook and Twitter, we investigate whether social media is associated with election...

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Factors Associated with Financial Literacy among High School Students

Cameron, Michael P.; Calderwood, Richard; Cox, Ashleigh; … - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2013

Understanding the financial literacy of young people is an essential prerequisite for developing effective education programmes designed to improve young people’s understanding of personal finance. In this paper, we present results from a survey of high school students which included a...

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NCEA Level 3 Economics and Economic Literacy in Introductory Economics at University

Cameron, Michael P.; Williams, Rebecca - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2012

In 2003, New Zealand significantly reorganised high school education by moving to a standards-based assessment approach. This paper investigates whether the economics standards are associated with economic understanding using 2008-2011 data from students at the University of Waikato. We find...

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Personal Financial Literacy Among High School Students in New Zealand, Japan and the United States

Cameron, Michael P.; Calderwood, Richard; Cox, Ashleigh; … - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2013

Personal financial literacy is becoming increasingly important in the modern world, especially for young people. In this paper we compare financial literacy of high school students in Hamilton, New Zealand, with samples from Japan and the United States. We compare not only overall financial...

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SWEtaxben: A Swedish Tax/benefit Micro Simulation Model and an Evaluation of a Swedish Tax Reform.

Ericson, Peter; Flood, Lennart; Wahlberg, Roger - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2009

. As an application the model is used to evaluate the recent Swedish “make work pay” reform, effective from 2007 and … further reinforced in 2008 and 2009. The key characteristic of this reform is an in-work tax credit and decreased state tax … income inequality. However, even considering the increase in hours of work, the reform is far from being self-financed.<p> …

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