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The heterogeneous effects of social assistance and unemployment insurance : evidence from a life-cycle model of family labor supply and savings
Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria - 2023
We empirically analyze the heterogeneous welfare effects of unemployment insurance and social assistance. We estimate a structural life-cycle model of singles' and married couples' labor supply and savings decisions. The model includes heterogeneity by age, education, wealth, sex and household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014373654
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The heterogeneous effects of social assistance and unemployment insurance : evidence from a life-cycle model of family labor supply and savings
Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria - 2023
We empirically analyze the heterogeneous welfare effects of unemployment insurance and social assistance. We estimate a structural life-cycle model of singles' and married couples' labor supply and savings decisions. The model includes heterogeneity by age, education, wealth, sex and household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014286635
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The heterogeneous effects of social assistence and unemployment insurance : evidence from a life-cycle model of family labor supply and savings
Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria - 2023
We empirically analyze the heterogeneous welfare effects of unemployment insurance and social assistance. We estimate a structural life-cycle model of singles' and married couples' labor supply and savings decisions. The model includes heterogeneity by age, education, wealth, sex and household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014305682
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Chapter 12. Gender Inequality
Ponthieux, Sophie; Meurs, Dominique - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 981-1146). 2015
The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews research on gender inequality in access to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025339
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Alternative Approaches to Discrete Working Time Choice in an Age Framework
Arntz, Melanie; Boeters, Stefan; Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2008
We compare two options of integrating discrete working time choice of heterogenous households into a general equilibrium model. The first, known from the literature, produces household heterogeneity through a working time preference parameter. We contrast this with a model that directly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014062699
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Labour Market Responses of Survival Pensioners : Estimating a Labour Supply Model and Predicting the Effect of the Reform
Decoster, André - 2009
protection' and the microsimulation model MIMOSIS to assess the labour supply effects of a reform of the rules for cumulating … choice labour supply model for several sub groups. Subsequently we model the proposed reform in the tax and benefit rules and … we predict the change in desired labour supply of the targeted group. The reform has a significant positive effect on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012721124
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Household Labor Supply Effects of Low-Wage Subsidies in Germany
Bonin, Holger; Kempe, Wolfram; Schneider, Hilmar - 2021
This research evaluates the impact on German household labor supply of various subsidy schemes proposed to foster low-wage employment. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate a discrete choice model of household labor supply. On the basis of the estimated labor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320191
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Household labor supply effects of low-wage subsidies in Germany
Bonin, Holger; Kempe, Wolfram; Schneider, Hilmar - 2002
This research evaluates the impact on German household labor supply of various subsidy schemes proposed to foster low-wage employment. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate a discrete choice model of household labor supply. On the basis of the estimated labor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415060
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Distributional effects of welfare reform for young adults : an unconditional quantile regression approach
Hernæs, Øystein - 2018
geographically staggered reform in Norway. The reform reduced welfare uptake and for women had large, positive effects in the lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011798232
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Money vs. Time : Family Income, Maternal Labor Supply, and Child Development
Agostinelli, Francesco - 2018
We study the effect of family income and maternal hours worked on child development. Our instrumental variable analysis suggests different results for cognitive and behavioral development. An additional $1,000 in family income improves cognitive development by 4.4 percent of a standard deviation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930296