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Does labor supply respond to a flat tax? Evidence from the Russian tax reform

Duncan, Denvil; Sabirianova, Klara Z. - 2009

effect of taxes on labor supply of males and females. We apply the weighted difference-in-difference regression approach and … instrumental variables to the labor supply function estimated on individual panel data. The mean regression results indicate that … responses, the aggregate labor supply elasticities are trivial and suggest that reform-induced changes in labor supply were an …

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The Sectoral Distribution of Employment and Job Segregation by Gender in Russia

Oglobin, C. - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 5 (2005) 2

The gender patterns of industrial, occupational, and firm-type distribution of employment in Russia 2000-02 are examined using a nationally representative household survey. After a decade of reforms, the degree of gender job segregation remains high. Women gravitate to lower paid industries and...

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The effect of taxation on informal employment: evidence from the Russian flat tax reform

Slonimczyk, Fabian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

The 2001 Russian tax reform reduced average tax rates for the personal income tax and the payroll or social tax. It also made the tax structure more regressive. Because individuals in the lower income bracket were for the most part not affected, it is possible to estimate the effects of the...

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Are Interregional Wage Differentials in Russia Compensative?

Oshchepkov, Aleksey - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007

Interregional differentials in nominal wages in the Russian Federation are huge compared to other countries. Using the … relative ranking of regions in terms of average wages changes considerably. Moreover, regional nominal wages become positively … variation in wages. …

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Myth and Reality of Flat Tax Reform: Micro Estimates of Tax Evasion Response and Welfare Effects in Russia

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge; Peter, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Using micro-level data, we examine the effects of Russia’s 2001 flat rate income tax reform on consumption, income, and tax evasion. We use the gap between household expenditures and reported earnings as a proxy for tax evasion with data from a household panel for 1998- 2004. Utilizing...

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Compensating Differentials in Emerging Labor and Housing Markets: Estimates of Quality of Life in Russian Cities

Berger, Mark C.; Blomquist, Glenn C.; Peter, Klara … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

The existence of compensating differentials in Russian labor and housing markets is examined using data from the …. While Russia is undergoing transition to a market economy, we find ample evidence that compensating differentials for … location-specific amenities exist in the labor and housing markets. Our estimated wage and housing value equations suggest that …

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Does Labor Supply Respond to a Flat Tax? Evidence from the Russian Tax Reform

Duncan, Denvil; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

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Wage Growth Over the Past 30 Years : Changing Wages by Age and Education

Morissette, Rene - 2012

from various Statistics Canada surveys and focuses on the real (hourly or weekly) wages earned by full-time workers. It is … changed over the past three decades. Wages are expressed in 2010 dollars. Since the early 1980s, real wages of various groups … changes, growth in international trade, institutional factors (e.g., de-unionization, changes in minimum wages, and changes in …

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Types of absence from work and wages of young workers with apprenticeship training

Kunze, Astrid - In: Journal for labour market research 51 (2017) 5, pp. 1-14

This paper explores the short-and long-term effects on wages of absence from work for young highly attached skilled …. Unemployment decreases wages in the short term only, and for women more strongly than for men. Maternity leave leads to substantial …

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Country of origin, earnings convergence, and human capital investment : a new method for the analysis of U.S. immigrant economic assimilation

Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Liu, Xingfei; Regets, Mark C. - 2018

The initial earnings of U.S. immigrants vary enormously by country of origin. Via three interrelated analyses, we show earnings convergence across source countries with time in the United States. Human-capital theory plausibly explains the inverse relationship between initial earnings and...

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