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Labour Force Participation and Tax-Benefit Systems : A Cross-Country Comparative Perspective
Galuscak, Kamil - 2015
This paper investigates the extent to which cross-country differences in aggregate participation rates can be explained by divergence in tax-benefit systems. We take the example of two countries, the Czech Republic and Hungary, which – despite a lot of similarities – differ markedly in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028523
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Comparing in-work benefits and financial work incentives for low-income families in the US and the UK
Brewer, Mike - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001537482
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Comparing in-work benefits and financial work incentives for low-income families in the US and the UK
Brewer, Mike - 2000
combination of in-work benefits and welfare benefits produces a theoretical budget constraint with good financial incentives for … lone parents to take a minimum wage job, but poor incentives to increase earnings beyond that. Help with housing costs and … childcare costs reduce financial work incentives in both countries. Two further factors make direct comparisons of financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011537933
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Comparing in-work benefits and financial work incentives for low-income families in the US and the UK
Brewer, Mike - 2000
combination of in-work benefits and welfare benefits produces a theoretical budget constraint with good financial incentives for … lone parents to take a minimum wage job, but poor incentives to increase earnings beyond that. Help with housing costs and … childcare costs reduce financial work incentives in both countries. Two further factors make direct comparisons of financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330334
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Internationale Entwicklungstendenzen nationaler Steuersysteme - von der direkten zur indirekten Besteuerung?
Bach, Stefan; Scheremet, Wolfgang; Seidel, Bernhard; … - 2001
Die Studie bietet einen Überblick über die Entwicklungstendenzen der Steuersysteme ausgewählter OECD-Länder im Verlauf der letzten Jahrzehnte. Die quantitative Entwicklung wird anhand diverser OECD-Statistiken illustriert. Länderkapitel zeichnen die Steuerpolitik nach und arbeiten deren...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402077
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Internationale Entwicklungstendenzen nationaler Steuersysteme - von der direkten zur indirekten Besteuerung?
Bach, Stefan; Scheremet, Wolfgang; Seidel, Bernhard; … - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001627941
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Pensions and Retirement Incentives. A Tale of Three Countries : Italy, Spain and the USA
Brugiavini, Agar; Peracchi, Franco; Wise, David A. - 2003
the labour force in three countries: Italy, Spain and the USA. Our works stresses the importance of dynamic incentives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014088795
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Comparing labor supply elasticities in Europe and the US : new results
Bargain, Olivier; Orsini, Kristian; Peichl, Andreas - 2012
We suggest the first large-scale international comparison of labor supply elasticities for 17 European countries and the US, separately by gender and marital status. Measurement differences are netted out by using a harmonized empirical approach and comparable data sources. We find that own-wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009569304
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Labor supply elasticities in Europe and the US
Bargain, Olivier; Orsini, Kristian; Peichl, Andreas - 2011
Despite numerous studies on labor supply, the size of elasticities is rarely comparable across countries. In this paper, we suggest the first large-scale international comparison of elasticities, while netting out possible differences due to methods, data selection and the period of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009229083