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This paper studies the impact of tax incentives on economic behavior within the household. We focus on an Italian tax policy that grants a large tax credit to main earners if their spouses, designated as “dependent spouses” by the tax law, report income below a certain threshold. Combining a...
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This paper considers the potential impact of welfare benefits on the partnership status of women in the UK. Using recent policy reforms to identify the response rate I find that a GBP100/week welfare benefit "partnership penalty" reduces the probability of a woman having a partner by seven...
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segregation has been stubbornly persistent. I develop a new model that explains these occupational outcomes through marriage … influence of marriage market conditions on women’s occupational choices. I find empirical support for these predictions using … longitudinal data on marriage rates, policy shocks to divorce laws, and shocks to the marriage market sex ratio driven by waves of …
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find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation …
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find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation …
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find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation …
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find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation … ; happiness ; comparisons ; panel, households, marriage …
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find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation … ; happiness ; comparisons ; panel ; households ; marriage …
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How great an effect does the structure of income taxes have on women’s labour market participation? This issue is investigated using a discrete choice static labour supply model for married couples in Ireland. The model incorporates fixed costs of working and simultaneously explains...
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