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Distributional and Behavioural Effects of the German Labour Market Reform
Clauss, Markus; Schnabel, Reinhold - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
We estimate the effects of the reform of the German Unemployment Insurance that replaced the wage related Unemployment … impact of the reform. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098104
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Maximum Fee vs. Child Benefit: A Welfare Analysis of Swedish Child-Care Fee Reform
Brink, Anna; Nordblom, Katarina; Wahlberg, Roger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The effects of a recent Swedish child-care fee reform are compared with those of an alternative reform, increased child … benefits. The fee reform implied considerably decreased fees and was intended to increase both labor supply among parents and … aversion, the alternative reform would have been preferable to the implemented fee reform. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762208
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Maximum fee vs child benefit: A welfare analysis of Swedish child-care fee reform
Brink, Anna; Nordblom, Katarina; Wahlberg, Roger - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2007
The effects of a recent Swedish child-care fee reform are compared with those of an alternative reform, increased child … benefits. The fee reform implied considerably decreased fees and was intended to increase both labor supply among parents and … aversion, the alternative reform would have been preferable to the implemented fee reform. <p> …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651670
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Tax Reform, Targeting and the Tax Burden on Women
Apps, Patricia - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009
tax reform. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004966282
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Taxation, Labour Supply and Saving
Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2008
In recent years, the US, UK and Australia have lowered tax rates on high incomes and expanded tax credits and family transfer payments that are withdrawn on the joint income of a couple. These reforms result in significant changes in the structure of marginal and average income tax rates. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977254
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An ex ante evaluation of the Revenu de Solidarité Active by micro-macro simulation techniques
Canova, Luciano; Piccoli, Luca; Spadaro, Amedeo - Departament d'Economia Aplicada, Facultat de Ciències … - 2014
This paper aims to investigate the effects of the introduction of an active welfare state measure, the Revenu de Solidarité Active (RSA), in France. The RSA replaced the old system of social minima, comprised by RMI and API. By using a micro-macro simulation model we characterize the effects on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011079378
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The Means Testing of Benefits and the Labour Supply of the wives of Unemployed Men: Results from a Fixed Effects Model
Doris, Aedin - Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - 1999
Women married to unemployed men in Britain have lower participation rates than those married to employed men. Possible reasons include unfavourable local labour market conditions affecting both, their both having poor labour market characteristics, and the means testing of benefits, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656613
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THE MEANS TESTING OF BENEFITS AND THE LABOUR SUPPLY OF THE WIVES OF UNEMPLOYED MEN: RESULTS FROM A MOVER-STAYER MODEL
Doris, Aedin - Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - 1999
Women married to unemployed men in Britain have lower participation rates than those married to employed men. Possible reasons include (1) husbands and wives fac-ing similar unfavourable local labour market conditions, (2) their both having characteristics which make it more likely that they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656631
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The role of household income and public provision of social services in satisfaction of basic needs in Pakistan: A cross district analysis
Siddiqui, Rizwana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Is household income enough for human development or government should heed to direct provision of social services to improve capabilities of individual. The former emphasized by the World Bank and later by the UNDP. This paper tests the argument by estimating a basic need policy model for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005620132
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Subsidies on low skilled's social security contributions: the case of Belgium
Dagsvik, John; Orsini, Kristian; Jia, Zhiyang - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 2008
Belgium is characterised by a comparatively high tax wedge. Starting from the end of the 90’s there has been a growing concern over the effect of high labour costs on the employment of low skilled workers. One of the most innovative measures implemented by the federal government is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005200728