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Earning an income is probably the best way of avoiding poverty and social exclusion, hence the recent trend of … three European countries which experience severe poverty traps, namely Finland, France and Germany. The potential labor … discrete-choice model. We compare how both reforms achieve poverty reduction and social inclusion (measured as the number of …
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During the last decade, several EU countries have tried to tackle unemployment and low activity rates through extensive tax cuts. In an effort to encourage the taking up of work - especially amongst the less productive workers - policymakers have shown increasing interest in targeted tax and...
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Earning an income is probably the best way of avoiding poverty and social exclusion, hence the recent trend of … three European countries which experience severe poverty traps, namely Finland, France and Germany. The potential labor … discrete-choice model. We compare how both reforms achieve poverty reduction and social inclusion (measured as the number of …
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This article analyzes the extent to which changes in household composition over the life course affect the gender division of labor. It identifies and analyzes cross-country disparities between France, Italy, Sweden and United States, using most recent data available from the Time Use National...
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In Chiappori's (1988) collective model of labor supply hours of work are supposed flexible. In many countries, however, male labor supply does not vary much. In that case, the husband's labor supply is no longer informative about the household decision process and individual preferences. To...
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In this paper, we analyze the impact of a tax policy change on social welfare by using jointly a collective model of household labor supply and a microsimulation program of the French taxbenefit system. The collective approach allows studying the intrahousehold distribution so that for the first...
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In this paper, we analyze the impact of a tax policy change on social welfare by using jointly a collective model of household labor supply and a microsimulation program of the French tax-benefit system. The collective approach allows studying the intrahousehold distribution so that for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318814
This paper examines fertility and labor supply responses to a French policy reform that consisted in conditioning the amount of child allowances on household income. Relying on Regression Discontinuity Design and administrative income data, the paper finds that restricting family allowance...
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