Showing 1 - 10 of 15,309
In this paper we develop an overlapping generations model in which child care matters for human capital accumulation. We investigate whether an increase in labor supply brought about by a reduction in taxes is always associated with a reduction in parental time devoted to children, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010256101
In this paper we develop an overlapping generations model in which child care matters for human capital accumulation. We investigate whether an increase in labor supply brought about by a reduction in taxes is always associated with a reduction in parental time devoted to children, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055994
This paper presents the properties of optimal piecewise linear tax systems for two-earner households, based on joint and individual incomes respectively. A key contribution is the analysis of the interaction between second earner wage differences, variation in the price of child care and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229858
employment of their parents. We analyse several kinds of trade-offs involved using a careful selection of potential changes to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774304
employment of their parents. We analyse several kinds of trade-offs involved using a careful selection of potential changes to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009779810
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000929730
provide evidence that mothers substitute working time with childcare to compensate for early disadvantages. We do not find any …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012256358
parents and the well-being of children in single-parent households. Noncustodial parents choose the level of a child support … welfare reforms might have on divorced parents and their children. Such adverse effects may arise because an increase in the … custodian's effective wage, either through lower marginal income tax rates or higher childcare subsidies, reinforces the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793332
We study variations in housework time and leisure consumption when workers are subject to labor market work hours … find that the ceilings on market work hours induce workers to increase time spent on housework, including cooking, and to … reduce vacation time. In contrast, floors on market work hours do not significantly affect time spent on housework, but may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012718218
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011633910