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Experimental evidence on bargaining power within couples : conference paper
Beninger, Denis; Beblo, Miriam - 2014
We conducted an experiment on the nature of income sharing within 95 established couples in Germany. In a first step, the partners revealed their individual preferences by making consumption choices independently. In a second step, decisions were taken jointly over five different rounds with...
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Reforming family taxation in Germany : labor supply vs. insurance effects
Fehr, Hans; Kallweit, Manuel; Kindermann, Fabian - 2013
The present paper quantifies the economic consequences of eliminating the system of income splitting in Germany. We apply a dynamic simulation model with overlapping generations where single and married agents have to decide on labor supply and homework facing income and lifespan risk. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231591
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Reforming family taxation in Germany : labor supply vs. insurance effects
Fehr, Hans; Kallweit, Manuel; Kindermann, Fabian - 2013
The present paper quantifies the economic consequences of eliminating the system of income splitting in Germany. We apply a dynamic simulation model with overlapping generations where single and married agents have to decide on labor supply and homework facing income and lifespan risk. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009792209
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Personality and marital surplus
Lundberg, Shelly - 2010
marriage is associated with distinctly different personality profiles for older men and older women, suggesting that gender …, relationships between personality traits and the probability of marriage are identical for men and women, which is consistent with … returns to marriage that are based on joint consumption. Tastes for marital public goods are negatively related to openness to …
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Personality and marital surplus
Lundberg, Shelly - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-21
formation and dissolution of domestic partnerships. Selection into marriage is associated with distinctly different personality … profiles for men and women born before 1960, suggesting that gender-specialized contributions to household public goods were an … important source of marital surplus for these cohorts. The effects of personality on marriage are more similar for younger men …
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Less alimony after divorce : spouses' behavioral response to the 2008 alimony reform in Germany
Bredtmann, Julia; Vonnahme, Christina - 2017
The 2008 alimony reform in Germany considerably reduced post-marital and caregiver alimony. We analyze how individuals adapted to these changed rulings in terms of labor supply, the intra-household allocation of leisure, and marital stability. We use the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and...
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Less alimony after divorce : spouses' behavioral response to the 2008 alimony reform in Germany
Bredtmann, Julia; Vonnahme, Christina - 2017
, nicht bestätigen. Insbesondere gibt es keine Evidenz dafür, dass Frauen ihr Arbeitsangebot in Folge der Reform und der damit …
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Wealth distribution within couples
Grabka, Markus M.; Marcus, Jan; Sierminska, Eva - 2013
While most studies on wealth inequality focus on the inequality between households, this paper examines the distribution of wealth within couples. For this purpose, we make use of unique individual level micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). In married and cohabiting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010195489
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Wealth distribution within couples
Grabka, Markus M.; Marcus, Jan; Sierminska, Eva - 2013
While most studies on wealth inequality focus on the inequality between households, this paper examines the distribution of wealth within couples. For this purpose, we make use of unique individual level micro data from the German socio-economic panel study. In married and cohabiting couples...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538848
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Family Tax Splitting : A Microsimulation of its Potential Labour Supply and Intra-Household Welfare Effects in Germany
Beblo, Miriam; Beninger, Denis; Laisney, Francois - 2008
This paper assesses the effects that an introduction of the French family splitting mechanism would have on German families' labour supply and intra-household consumption behaviour. We use simulated real world microdata created by means of a 'deterministic' collective labour supply model. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014076412