This paper analyses the effects of a large reform in the minimum wages affecting youth workers in New Zealand since 2001. Prior to this reform, a youth minimum wage, applying to 16-19 year-olds, was set at 60% of the adult minimum. The reform had two components. First, it lowered the eligible...

Im Jahr 1997 trat New Labour im Vereinigten Königreich mit dem Versprechen an, eine neue Balance zwischen Eigenverantwortung und staatlicher Fürsorge zu schaffen. Eine Modernisierung des Steuer- und Transfersystems sollte sowohl die Arbeitsanreize verbessern und Erwerbschancen für jeden...

The paper considers child poverty in rich English-speaking countries - the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and Ireland. Do all these countries really stand out from other OECD countries for their levels of child poverty, as is sometimes assumed? And what policies have they adopted to...

The paper considers child poverty in rich English-speaking countries – the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and Ireland. Do all these countries really stand out from other OECD countries for their levels of child poverty, as is sometimes assumed? And what policies have they adopted...

This paper investigates how mothers' decision to stay at home with young children affects their subsequent work careers. Identification is based on the introduction of the Cash-for-Care program in Norway in 1998, which increased mothers' incentives to withdraw from the labor market when their...

Die geringe Geburtenrate in Deutschland wird die künftige gesellschaftliche und gesamtwirtschaftliche Entwicklung erheblich beeinflussen. Damit rückt auch die ökonomische Situation der Familienhaushalte in das Interesse der Öffentlichkeit. Immer häufiger wird gefordert - gestützt auf...