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Three family policies to reconcile fertility and labor supply
Fenge, Robert; Stadler, Lisa - 2014
In a model with endogenous fertility and labor supply three instruments of family policies are analyzed: child benefits …
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Fertility, female labor supply and public policy
Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2001
female labor supply and fertility. However, particularly in the last decade or so, the relationship across countries has been … positive: for example countries like Germany, Italy and Spain with the lowest fertility rates also have the lowest female … female labor supply and higher fertility. These results are strengthened when we take account of the heterogeneity among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405699
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Fertility, Female Labor Supply and Public Policy
Apps, Patricia F.; Rees, Ray - 2021
female labor supply and fertility. However, particularly in the last decade or so, the relationship across countries has been … positive: for example countries like Germany, Italy and Spain with the lowest fertility rates also have the lowest female … female labor supply and higher fertility. These results are strengthened when we take account of the heterogeneity among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320707
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Fertility, female labor supply and public policy
Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2001
female labor supply and fertility. However, particularly in the last decade or so, the relationship across countries has been … positive: for example countries like Germany, Italy and Spain with the lowest fertility rates also have the lowest female … female labor supply and higher fertility. These results are strengthened when we take account of the heterogeneity among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001650593
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Gender Bias in Tax Systems Based on Household Income
Andrienko, Yuri; 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/10010481567
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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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Gender Bias in Tax Systems Based on Household Income
Andrienko, Yuri; Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10011095500
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Does cutting child benefits reduce fertility in larger families? : evidence from the UK’s two-child limit
Reader, Mary; Portes, Jonathan; Patrick, Ruth - 2022
fertility of third and subsequent births. As of April 2017, all third and subsequent born children to low-income families in the …-order fertility among lowincome families. However, compared to earlier research in the UK and elsewhere, largely based on benefit … low income families. Our results imply that the main impact of cuts to child benefits is not to reduce fertility but to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172871
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Can parents afford to work? : Childcare costs, tax-benefit policies and work incentives
Immervoll, Herwig (contributor); Barber, David (contributor) - 2006
Childcare policies play a crucial role in helping parents reconcile care and employment-related tasks. This paper quantifies the net cost of purchasing full-time centre-based childcare in OECD countries taking into account a wide range of influences on household budgets, including fees charged...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003253468
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Can Parents Afford to Work? : Childcare Costs, Tax-Benefit Policies and Work Incentives
Immervoll, Herwig - 2005
Finding a suitable balance of work and family life is not an easy task for parents who face multiple, and potentially conflicting, demands. Childcare policies play a crucial role in helping parents reconcile care and employment-related tasks. But inconsistent or poorly implemented policies can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446278