Americans work more than Europeans. Using micro data from the United States and 17 European countries, we document that women are typically the largest contributors to the cross-country differences in work hours. We also show that there is a negative relation between taxes and annual hours...

This paper provides a microeconometric analysis of extensive margin labour supply elasticities in Slovakia. We find that a one percent increase in net wage increases the probability of economic activity by 0.263 percentage points. Taking into account tax and transfer system details valid in...

Cet article décrit les transformations de la position des femmes sur le marché du travail aux Etats-Unis tant sous l’angle quantitatif que qualitatif, en s’appuyant sur la littérature existante. Les tendances sont mises en perspectives avec celles qu’ont connues la France et la Suède....

This paper examines the response of husbands' and wives' earnings to a tax reform in which husbands' and wives' tax rates changed independently, allowing me to examine the effect of both spouses' incentives on each spouse's behavior. I compare the results to those of more simplified econometric...

This paper provides a microeconometric analysis of extensive margin labour supply elasticities in Slovakia. We find that a one percent increase in net wage increases the probability of economic activity by 0.263 percentage points. Taking into account tax and transfer system details valid in...

Cet article décrit les transformations de la position des femmes sur le marché du travail aux Etats-Unis tant sous l’angle quantitatif que qualitatif, en s’appuyant sur la littérature existante. Les tendances sont mises en perspectives avec celles qu’ont connues la France et la Suède....

This article describes the changes over decades of the female participation to the labor market in the United States. Theses trends are compared to the French and the Swedish cases. In general, gender inequalities have decreased since the 1950?s. But in average, gender gaps are larger in the...

This paper examines the determinants of female labour force participation in OECD countries, including a number of policy instruments such as the tax treatment of second earners (relative to single individuals), childcare subsidies, child benefits, paid maternity and parental leaves, and tax...

Italy has the lowest labor force participation of women among European countries. Moreover, the participation rate of married women is positively correlated to their husbands’ income. We show that a high tax schedule together with tax credits and transfers raise the burden of two-earner...

Owing to a number of distinct groups in the labour force, the labour force participation rate in Hungary and most other Central European economies lags behind the European Union average. Empirical literature shows that tax policy can effectively incentivise the labour supply of these groups at...