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is entirely driven by an increase in mortality among low income individuals, who are more likely to experience liquidity …
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substantial and heterogeneous employment responses that increased average income despite reduced transfers. We find zero effects …
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This paper examines the implications of income redistribution from men to women for the welfareof married women and …
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We examine the implications of an income redistribution from men to women for the welfare ofmothers and their children …, smallredistributions to women reduce their welfare. This happens because the income redistributioninduces men to reduce their own spending …
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effect is entirely driven by an increase in mortality among low income individuals, who are more likely to experience …
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IA is the Government of British Columbia’s largest income assistance program, with an annual cost of just over $2B and … all people. These reforms will also help reduce income poverty rates and poverty depths, preventing poverty, and help …
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In this paper we investigate the effect of relative income on marital status. We develop an identity model based on … hypothesize that the marriage ideal is determined by the median income in an individual’s local reference group. After controlling … flexibly for the absolute level of income and a number of other factors, the ratio between a man’s income and the marriage …
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encouraging work among low-income families with children. This paper uses longitudinal data collected between 1991 and 2001 to …
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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 £100/week welfare benefit "partnership penalty" reduces the probability of a woman having a partner by seven...
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This study uses the first twelve waves of the British Household Panel Survey covering the period 1991-2002 to investigate the extent of constraints on desired hours of work within jobs and the degree of flexibility of the labour market for a sample of women. Our main findings are as follows....
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