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The effects of female labor force participation on obesity
Gomis-Porqueras, Pedro; Mitnik, Oscar A.; Peralta-Alva, … - 2011
and the increased prevalence of obesity amongst women. The expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in the 1980s … force participation on obesity status. We use data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and replicate labor … increased labor force participation can account for at most 19% of the observed change in obesity prevalence over our sample …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009516883
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The Effects of Female Labor Force Participation on Obesity
Porqueras, Pedro Gomis - 2011
and the increased prevalence of obesity amongst women. The expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in the 1980s … force participation on obesity status. We use data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and replicate labor … increased labor force participation can account for at most 19% of the observed change in obesity prevalence over our sample …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118542
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The Effects of Female Labor Force Participation on Obesity
Gomis-Porqueras, Pedro - 2012
and the increased prevalence of obesity amongst women. The expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in the 1980s … force participation on obesity status. We use data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and replicate labor … increased labor force participation can account for at most 19% of the observed change in obesity prevalence over our sample …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107835
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Employment effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit: taking the long view
Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore; Strain, Michael R. - 2020
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is the cornerstone U.S. anti-poverty program, typically lifting over 5 million children out of poverty each year. Targeted to low-income households with children, and only available to those who work, the EITC contains strong incentives for non-workers to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012305927
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Taxation and female labor supply in Italy
Colonna, Fabrizio; Marcassa, Stefania - In: IZA journal of labor policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-29
Italy has the lowest labor supply of married women among EU countries. Moreover, the participation rate of married women is positively correlated with their husbands' income. We show that these two features can be partly explained by the tax system: a high tax rate together with tax credits and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288764
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Wage subsidies, work incentives, and the reform of the Austrian welfare system
Steiner, Viktor; Wakolbinger, Florian - 2010
We analyze the labor supply and income effects of a needs-based minimum benefit system ("Bedarfsorientierte Mindestsicherung") to be introduced in Austria by the end of this/beginning of next year. The aim of this reform is to reduce poverty as well as increasing employment rates of recipients...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008664559
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Wage subsidies, work incentives, and the reform of the Austrian welfare system
Steiner, Viktor; Wakolbinger, Florian - 2010
We analyze the labor supply and income effects of a needs-based minimum benefit system ("Bedarfsorientierte Mindestsicherung") to be introduced in Austria by the end of this/beginning of next year. The aim of this reform is to reduce poverty as well as increasing employment rates of recipients...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009008850
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Wage Subsidies, Work Incentives, and the Reform of the Austrian Welfare System
Steiner, Viktor - 2010
We analyze the labor supply and income effects of a needs-based minimum benefit system ("Bedarfsorientierte Mindestsicherung") to be introduced in Austria by the end of this/beginning of next year. The aim of this reform is to reduce poverty as well as increasing employment rates of recipients...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137790
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Is Belgium 'Making Work Pay'?
Orsini, Kristian - 2006
In the period 2001-2004 two major reforms followed in Belgium: a personal income tax reform (2001) and a reform of social security contributions for low skilled employees (2004). Using a discrete hours labor supply model, this paper assesses the impact of these reforms on aggregate labor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012732828
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Employment Effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit : Taking the Long View
Schanzenbach, Diane; Strain, Michael R. - 2021
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is the cornerstone U.S. anti-poverty program, typically lifting over 5 million children out of poverty each year. Targeted to low-income households with children, and only available to those who work, the EITC contains strong incentives for non-workers to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315079