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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...
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Labor supply elasticities in Europe and the US
Bargain, Olivier; Orsini, Kristian; Peichl, Andreas - 2011
Despite numerous studies on labor supply, the size of elasticities is rarely comparable across countries. In this paper, we suggest the first large-scale international comparison of elasticities, while netting out possible differences due to methods, data selection and the period of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288270
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Estimating labour supply elasticities based on cross-country micro data: A bridge between micro and macro estimates?
Jäntti, Markus; Pirttilä, Jukka; Selin, Håkan - 2013
We utilise repeated cross sections of micro data from several countries, available from the Luxembourg Income Study, LIS, to estimate labour supply elasticities, both at the intensive and extensive margin. The benefit of the data is that it spans over four decades and includes a large number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335461
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Wage Elasticity of the Teacher Supply in Switzerland
Wolter, Stefan C.; Denzler, Stefan - 2003
In order to learn more about the wage elasticity of the teacher supply in Switzerland, this paper estimates wages for …-1999. The data allows us to estimate the wage elasticity for entry wages of upper secondary school teachers. In the cases … examined, the wage differential is highly significant and shows a wage elasticity for the teacher supply of 0.12% to 0 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261950
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Overtime Work Dual Job Holding and Taxation
Frederiksen, Anders; Graversen, Ebbe Krogh; Smith, Nina - 2001
Traditionally, labour supply data do not include much information on hours and wages in secondary job or overtime work. In this paper, we estimate labour supply models based on survey information on hours and wages in overtime work and second job which is merged to detailed register information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262528
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What explains the variation in estimates of labour supply elasticities?
Evers, Michiel; de Mooij, Ruud A.; van Vuuren, Daniel J. - 2005
. Even at the intensive margin, we find that the elasticity for women exceeds that for men. For men and women in the … Netherlands, we predict an uncompensated labour supply elasticity of 0.1 and 0.5, respectively. These values are robust for …
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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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Cost efficiency, Morishima, Allen-Uzawa and Cross-Price elasticities among Irish potato farmers in Dedza district, Malawi
Assa, Maganga M.; Edriss, Abdi-Khalil; Matchaya, … - In: International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 59-73
Malawi has experienced a forward shift in its demand for Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum) consumption. Given limited resources at farmers' disposal, meeting the growing demand will require farmers to follow the efficient path of the farm production resources. This paper, therefore, is an attempt...
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The estimation of complete almost ideal demand system from Czech housold budget survey data
Janda, Karel; Mikolášek, Jakub; Netuka, Martin - 2009
The aim of this paper is to provide a reliable set of income, own-price, and cross-price elasticities of demand for the consumer goods, foods and alcohol beverages based on Almost Ideal Demand System model applied to the most relevant Czech data set of Household Budget Statistics. While we...
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The responsiveness of remittances to the oil price: the case of the GCC
Naufal, George S.; Termos, Ali - 2009
price elasticity of remittances is around 0.4. While most studies have examined the impact of remittances on the real …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275918