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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...

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Labor supply under participation and hours constraints : [an extended structural model for policy evaluations]

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Neumann, Michael; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2018

The paper extends a static discrete-choice labor supply model by adding participation and hours constraints. We identify restrictions by survey information on the eligibility and search activities of individuals as well as actual and desired hours. This provides for a more robust identification...

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Labor supply under participation and hours constraints : an extended structural model for policy evaluations

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Neumann, Michael; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2018

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The impact of gender role norms on mothers' labor supply

Cavapozzi, Danilo; Francesconi, Marco; Nicoletti, Cheti - 2021

We study whether mothers' labor supply is shaped by the gender role attitudes of their peers. Using detailed … information on a sample of UK mothers with dependent children, we find that having peers with gender-egalitarian norms leads … conforming gender role attitudes to their peers', with the remaining half being explained by the spillover effect of peers' labor …

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The impact of gender role norms on mothers' labor supply

Cavapozzi, Danilo; Francesconi, Marco; Nicoletti, Cheti - 2021

We study whether mothers' labor supply is shaped by the gender role attitudes of their peers. Using detailed … information on a sample of UK mothers with dependent children, we ﬁnd that having peers with gender-egalitarian norms leads … conforming gender role attitudes to their peers', with the remaining half being explained by the spillover effect of peers' labor …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012495148

Women's mobility and labor supply : experimental evidence from Pakistan

Field, Erica Marie; Vyborny, Kate - 2022

In cities with conservative norms or high crime, female workers may face greater restrictions on their, physical mobility. This limits women’s labor market opportunities and the pool of workers that firms, can attract. In this study, we experimentally vary access to a transport service in...

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Was the Georgian policy shifting public sector working hours by one hour "family friendly" and did it increase female labor participation?

Bezhanishvili, Levan; Appleman, William; Abramishvili, Zurab - 2020

could be argued that the policy did, indirectly, have a positive impact on gender equality in the labor market and, possibly …

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Does a flexible parental leave system stimulate maternal employment?

Ziegler, Lennart; Bamieh, Omar - 2023

This study examines the effect of two recent parental leave reforms in Austria that allow parents to choose leave schemes with varying duration. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find that the introduction of more flexible scheme choices led mothers to take, on average, 1-2 months less...

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What drives paternity leave : financial incentives or flexibility?

Ziegler, Lennart; Bamieh, Omar - 2023

Despite changing gender norms, few fathers decide to take parental leave after the birth of a child, and when they do …

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The family working time model : toward more gender equality in work and care

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Neumann, Michael; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2016

Since the millennium, the labor market participation of women and mothers is increasing across European countries. Several work/care policy measures underlie this evolution. At the same time, the labor market behavior of men and fathers, as well as their involvement in care work, is relatively...

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