This paper provides new estimates of the impact of the French tax credit on the employment outcomes of women. We model simultaneously the employment probability and the determinants of programme eligibility. We improve on earlier studies in this field that, using a single evaluation equation...

Der Fokus der Studie liegt bei der Frage, ob die Regulierungen in den Steuer- und Sozialversicherungssystemen die in allen zehn untersuchten Ländern Entwicklung weg vom Ernährermodell und hin zum Zweiverdienerhaushalt als dominantem familialem Erwerbsmuster unterstützen oder eher behindern....

We study interdependencies in spousal labor supply by exploiting the design of the French workweek reduction, which introduced exogenous variation in one's spouse's labor supply, at constant earnings. Treated employees work on average two hours less per week. Husbands of treated women respond by...