This paper considers the impact of taxation policy on market work. On the basis of theevidence, we find that a 10 percentage point rise in the tax wedge will reduce overall labourinput provided via the market by around 2 per cent of the population of working age. The taxwedge is the sum of the...

The purpose of this paper is to study the causes of unemployment empirically, using individual data and an approach that refines on that of Meyer and Wise. Using the French 1997 Labor Survey data, we decompose non-employment of married women into three components: voluntary, classical (due to...

The effects of product and labour market rigidities on labour market dynamics are analysed using a panel of two-digit ISIC level data for seven OECD countries.

This paper investigates the impact of own health and disability, and that of others, on individual labour supply. We estimate a model of hours of caring and hours of work using a large micro dataset of UK households which contains detailed information about caring and health for individuals both...

This paper investigates the impact of own-health,and that of others, on individual labour supply. We estimate a model of hours of caring and hours of work using a large micro dataset of UK households. We find that own ill health has a negative effect on wages for men but not women; being a carer...

This paper extends the theory and measurement of the marginal cost of public funds (MCF) to account for labour force participation responses. Our work is motivated by the emerging consensus in the empirical literature that extensive (participation) responses are more important than intensive...