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Welfare Analysis of Fiscal Reforms: Does the Representation of the Family Decision Process Matter? Evidence for Germany
Laisney, François; Beninger, Denis; Beblo, Miriam - 2003
household labour supply and consumption behaviour. We simulate real world microdata by means of a collective approach, using a … estimation of collective models with taxation. …This paper compares predictions obtained for the analysis of tax reforms with collective and unitary models of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297331
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Do hours restrictions matter? A discrete family labor supply model with endogenous wages and hours restrictions
Wolf, Elke - 1998
Soest (1995), the labor supply decision is based on a household utility function which is determined by the leisure of the … two spouses and net household income. Furthermore, heterogeneity of preferences and the German tax and benefit system are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297602
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Employment of Mothers After Childbirth: French-German Comparison
Weber, Andrea Maria; Lauer, Charlotte - 2003
This paper compares the work attachment of French and German women after childbirth. Both fertility and employment of mothers are higher in France than in Germany. Since the sample of mothers deciding on employment after a child is born might not be representative for all women, we take account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297301
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Distributional and Behavioural Effects of the German Labour Market Reform
Clauss, Markus; Schnabel, Reinhold - 2008
We estimate the effects of the reform of the German Unemployment Insurance that replaced the wage related Unemployment Assistance with an income maintenance program and stronger means testing. We model the tax-benefit system and use the Socio-Economic Panel. We estimate a discrete labour supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297991
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The labour market in CGE models
Boeters, Stefan; Savard, Luc - 2011
household data. On the labour demand side, we focus on the substitution possibilities between different types of labour in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307850
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Alternative Approaches to Discrete Working Time Choice in an AGE Framework
Arntz, Melanie; Boeters, Stefan; Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2005
equilibrium model. The first, known from the literature, produces household heterogeneity through a working time preference … the grounds of both calibration consistency and adequate accomodation of within-household interaction, we argue that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297474
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Discrete Working Time Choice in an Applied General Equilibrium Model
Gürtzgen, Nicole; Feil, Michael; Boeters, Stefan - 2004
equilibrium setting where wages are determined by sectoral bargaining between firms and trade unions. The model is calibrated to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297346
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Comparison between unitary and collective models of household labor supply with taxation
Laisney, François; Beninger, Denis - 2002
Several recent papers have shown the relevance of collective models for the empirical investigation of household labor … supply and consumption. Yet the estimation of collective models in the presence of non-linear budget sets and participation … should be devoted to the estimation of collective models with taxation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297772
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An unconditional basic income in the family context: Labor supply and distributional effects
Horstschräer, Julia; Clauss, Markus; Schnabel, Reinhold - 2010
In this paper we estimate the effects of an unconditional basic income on labor supply and income distribution with a special focus on the incentives to work in the family context. An unconditional basic income guarantees every citizen a minimum income without any means-testing. We simulate a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303004
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Wage divergence and unemployment: the impact of insider power and training costs
Muysken, Joan; Zwick, Thomas - 2000
The US labour market is characterized by a high skill wage mark-up and low unemployment, while the German labour market has a low skill wage mark-up and a high, mainly unskilled unemployment rate. This paper adds an innovative labour supply explanation to the discussion how these distinct labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297700