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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, François - 2003
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...
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Rural shadow wages and youth agricultural labor supply in Ethiopia : evidence from farm panel data
Gutu Sakketa, Tekalign; Gerber, Nicolas - 2017
gender- and age-specific values of agricultural labor return (shadow wages), we systematically analyse trends, patterns and … results indicate that trends and patterns of the youth's involvement in agriculture vary across gender and farm work locations … gender, whilst their participation in off-farm activities is increasing. The findings also suggest that changes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011637674
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Rural Shadow Wages and Youth Agricultural Labor Supply in Ethiopia : Evidence from Farm Panel Data
Sakketa, Takalign - 2017
gender- and age-specific values of agricultural labor return (shadow wages), we systematically analyse trends, patterns and … results indicate that trends and patterns of the youth's involvement in agriculture vary across gender and farm work locations … gender, whilst their participation in off-farm activities is increasing. The findings also suggest that changes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012958156
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Rural shadow wages and youth agricultural labor supply in Ethiopia : Evidence from Farm Panel Data
Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu; Gerber, Nicolas - In: Change at home, in the labor market, and on the job, (pp. 61-106). 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012670412
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Gender bias in tax systems based on household income
Andrienko, Jurij; Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2014
The assumption that household income is strongly and positively correlated with a household's real standard of living provides the basis for the joint taxation of families, which has the effect of discriminating against married women as second earners. This paper shows, in the context of a model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010441692
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Coupling labor supply decisions : an experiment in India
Lowe, Matt; McKelway, Madeline - 2021
Joint household decision-making may be prevented by the incentives of individuals to withhold information or avoid bargaining. We study whether these barriers to joint decision-making keep female labor force participation low in India. In partnership with one of India’s largest carpet...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012694133
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Does the gender composition in couples matter for the division of labor after childbirth?
Moberg, Ylva - 2016
-in-differences strategy is used to estimate the impact of the gender composition of the couple on the spousal income gap after childbirth. The … results indicate that the gender composition of the couple does matter for the division of labor after having children. Five … the same pre-parenthood income gap. Heterosexual couples’ division of labor seems to be influenced by traditional gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475588
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Gendered patterns of time use over the life cycle : evidence from Turkey
Kongar, Ebru; Memiş, Emel - 2017
Using data from the 2006 Turkish Time-Use Survey, we examine gender differences in time allocation among married … heterosexual couples over the life cycle. While we find large discrepancies in the gender division of both paid and unpaid work at … each life stage, the gender gap in paid and unpaid work is largest among parents of infants compared to parents of older …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608876
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The added worker effect differentiated by gender and partnership status : evidence from involuntary job loss
Triebe, Doreen - 2015
whether intra-household adaptation mechanisms differ by gender and by partnership status. The underlying method is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010493166
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Do parents' flexible working hours affect fathers' contribution to domestic work? : evidence from a factorial survey
Krug, Gerhard; Bähr, Sebastian; Diener, Katharina; … - 2020
This paper investigates the impact of fathers' flexible working hours on their willingness to contribute to domestic work. We first hypothesize that fathers will contribute more if they have the possibility to work flexible hours. Second, fathers are assumed to contribute less if their female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012199477