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Insured by the partner?
Olsson, Marton; Skogman Thoursie, Peter - 2010
This paper investigates whether the partner's social insurance coverage affects spousal labor supply. Using a reform which increased the sickness insurance coverage for non-government workers, the spousal elasticity of sick days with respect to the partner's benefit is estimated to 0.4....
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Are Married Spouses Insured by their Partners’ Social Insurance?
Olsson, Martin; Skogman Thoursie, Peter - 2011
We use a Swedish sickness insurance reform to show that among married couples a partner's benefit level affects spousal labour supply. The spousal elasticity of sick days with respect to the partner's benefit is estimated to be 0.4, which is about one-fourth of the own labor supply elasticity....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320203
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Marriage stability, taxation and aggregate labor supply in the U.S. vs. Europe
Chakraborty, Indraneel; Holter, Hans A.; Stepanchuk, Serhiy - 2012
. Motivated by these observations, we develop a life-cycle model with heterogeneous agents, marriage and divorce and use it to … study the impact of two mechanisms on labor supply: (i) differences in marriage stability and (ii) differences in tax … systems, and as we replace the U.S. divorce and marriage rates with their European equivalents. We find that the divorce and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321445
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Labour supply and taxes: New estimates of the responses of wives to husbands' wages
Dostie, Benoit; Kromann, Lene - 2012
In this paper, we estimate income- and substitution- labour supply and participation elasticities for Canadian married women using data from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics 1996-2005. We use the Canadian Tax and Credit Simulator (CTaCS) and detailed information on the structure of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282396
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Comparing labor supply elasticities in Europe and the US: New results
Bargain, Olivier; Orsini, Kristian; Peichl, Andreas - 2012
We suggest the first large-scale international comparison of labor supply elasticities for 17 European countries and the US, separately by gender and marital status. Measurement differences are netted out by using a harmonized empirical approach and comparable data sources. We find that own-wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287662
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The lock-in effect of marriage: Work incentives after saying, "Yes, I do."
Christl, Michael; De Poli, Silvia; … - 2022
of marriage-related tax-benefit instruments on the labour supply of married couples. For each married partner, we … estimate their individual marginal effective tax rate and net replacement rate before and after marriage. We show that the … marriage bonus, which is economically significant in eight European countries, decreases the work incentives for women and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013326733
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The lock-in effect of marriage: Work incentives after saying "Yes, I do."
Christl, Michael; De Poli, Silvia; … - 2022
of marriage-related tax-benefit instruments on the labour supply of married couples. For each married partner, we … estimate their individual marginal effective tax rate and net replacement rate before and after marriage. We show that the … marriage bonus, which is economically significant in eight European countries, decreases the work incentives for women and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014443001
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Empirical Welfare Analysis in Random Utility Models of Labour Supply
Decoster, André; Haan, Peter - 2010
The aim of this paper is to apply recently proposed individual welfare measures in the context of random utility models of labour supply. Contrary to the standard practice of using reference preferences and wages, these measures preserve preference heterogeneity in the normative step of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600982
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Can parents afford to work? Childcare costs, tax-benefit policies and work incentives
Immervoll, Herwig; Barber, David - 2006
Childcare policies play a crucial role in helping parents reconcile care and employment-related tasks. This paper quantifies the net cost of purchasing full-time centre-based childcare in OECD countries taking into account a wide range of influences on household budgets, including fees charged...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267583
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In-work transfers in good times and bad: simulations for Ireland
Bargain, Olivier; Doorley, Karina - 2009
In-work transfers are often seen as a good trade-off between redistribution and efficiency, as they alleviate poverty among low-wage households while increasing financial incentives to work. The present study explores the consequences of extending these transfers in Ireland, where support for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269408