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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...
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Gender, Time Use and Public Policy Over the Life Cycle
Apps, Patricia F. - 2005
countries: Australia, the UK and Germany. We discuss the extent to which gender differences and life cycle variation in time use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012784078
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Tax-Benefits Reforms and the Labor Market : Evidence from Belgium and Other EU Countries
Orsini, Kristian - 2007
on being in employment. This paper surveys recent tax-benefit reforms in Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, The UK, France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012731803
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The Effects of In-Work Benefit Reform in Britain on Couples : Theory and Evidence
Francesconi, Marco - 2008
financial incentives of the reform had negligible effects on a wide range of married mothers' decisions, such as eligible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012773413
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Channels of labour supply responses of lone parents to changed work incentives
Gong, Xiaodong; Breunig, Robert - 2013
In this paper, we investigate the response of female lone parents to two reforms to the welfare system in Australia. We look at changes to both hours and participation and focus on the channels of adjustment, in particular the role of job changes for adjustment in hours. We highlight the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009793035
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Channels of Labour Supply Responses of Lone Parents to Changed Work Incentives
Gong, Xiaogong - 2013
In this paper, we investigate the response of female lone parents to two reforms to the welfare system in Australia. We look at changes to both hours and participation and focus on the channels of adjustment, in particular the role of job changes for adjustment in hours. We highlight the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074286
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Job Changes and Hours Changes : Understanding the Path of Labour Supply Adjustment
Blundell, Richard W. - 2007
identify changes in labour supply. We find evidence of small hours of work effects for two of such reforms. A third reform in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012775845
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Channels of Labour Supply Responses of Lone Parents to Changed Work Incentives
Gong, Xiaodong - 2013
In this paper, we investigate the response of female lone parents to two reforms to the welfare system in Australia. We look at changes to both hours and participation and focus on the channels of adjustment, in particular the role of job changes for adjustment in hours. We highlight the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013076793
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The Consequences of 'In-Work' Benefit Reform in Britain : New Evidence from Panel Data
Francesconi, Marco; van der Klaauw, Wilbert - 2021
evaluate the effect of this reform on single mothers. We identify this impact by comparing changes in behavior of lone mothers … to changes for single women without children. Our results show that the financial incentives of the reform had powerful … effects on a wide range of lone mothers' decisions. The reform led to a substantial increase in employment rates of about 7 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319113
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Work incentives and universal credit : reform of the benefit system in the United Kingdom
Pareliussen, Jon K. - 2013
Under the Universal Credit reform, the main means-tested benefits except the Council Tax Benefit will be pooled into … one single benefit with one single taper rate. The reform will give people better incentives to work, reduce complexity … and contribute to reducing poverty. The reform could reduce the number of workless households by between 45 000 and 240 …
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