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Welfare Policy and the Distribution of Hours of Work
Ngai, L. Rachel; Pissarides, Christopher A. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009
We examine the distribution of hours of work across industrial sectors in OECD countries. We find large disparities when sectors are divided into three groups: one that produces goods without home substitutes and two others that have home substitutes — health and social work, and all others....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476325
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The earned income tax credit and maternal time use: more time working and less time with kids?
Bastian, Jacob; Lochner, Lance - 2020
Parents spend considerable sums investing in their children's development, with their own time among the most important forms of investment. Given well-documented effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) on maternal labor supply, it is natural to ask how the EITC affects other time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012287391
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The joint decision of female labour supply and childcare in Italy under costs and availability constraints
Figari, Francesco; Narazani, Edlira - 2017
It is widely recognized that childcare has important pedagogical, economic and social effects on both children and … parents. This paper is the first attempt to estimate a joint structural model of female labour supply and childcare behaviour … applied to Italy in order to analyse the effects of relaxing the existing constraints in terms of childcare availability and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011627979
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Female labour supply and childcare in Italy
Figari, Francesco; Narazani, Edlira - 2017
It is widely recognized that childcare has important pedagogical, economic and social effects on both children and … parents. This paper is the first attempt to estimate a joint structural model of female labour supply and childcare behavior … applied to Italy in order to analyse the effects of relaxing the existing constraints in terms of childcare availability and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011982064
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The joint decision of female labour supply and childcare in Italy under costs and availability constraints
Figari, Francesco; Narazani, Edlira - 2017
It is widely recognized that childcare has important pedagogical, economic and social effects on both children and … parents. This paper is the first attempt to estimate a joint structural model of female labour supply and childcare behaviour … applied to Italy in order to analyse the effects of relaxing the existing constraints in terms of childcare availability and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012012813
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Female labour supply and childcare in Italy
Narazani, Edlira; Figari, Francesco - 2017
It is widely recognized that childcare has important pedagogical, economic and social effects on both children and … parents. This paper is the first attempt to estimate a joint structural model of female labour supply and childcare behavior … applied to Italy in order to analyse the effects of relaxing the existing constraints in terms of childcare availability and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012055371
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The effect of child benefit on female labor supply
Magda, Iga; Kiełczewska, Aneta; Brandt, Nicola - In: IZA journal of labor policy 10 (2020) 1/17, pp. 1-18
In 2016, the Polish government introduced a large child benefit, called "Family 500+", with the aim to increase fertility and reduce child poverty. It is universal for the second and every further child and means-tested for the first child. We study the impact of the new benefit on female labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012391199
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The EITC and maternal time use : more time working and less time with kids?
Bastian, Jacob; Lochner, Lance - 2020
Parents spend considerable time and resources investing in their children's development. Given evidence that the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) affects maternal labor supply, we investigate how the EITC affects a broad array of time-use activities, focusing on the amount and nature of time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012286534
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The effects of large universal child benefits on female labour supply
Magda, Iga; Kiełczewska, Aneta; Brandt, Nicola - 2018
In 2016 the Polish government introduced a large new child benefit, called "Family 500+", with the aim to increase fertility from a low level and reduce child poverty. The benefit is universal for the second and every further child and means-tested for the first child. Increasing out-of-work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881213
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The joint decision of labour supply and childcare in Italy under costs and availability constraints
Figari, Francesco; Narazani, Edlira - Centrum voor Sociaal Beleid - Herman Deleeck, … - 2015
It is widely recognized that childcare has important pedagogical, economic and social effects on both children and … parents. This paper is the first attempt to estimate a joint structural model of labour supply and childcare decision applied … under different policy simulation scenarios, evaluating the effects on labour supply and childcare usage and the potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210510