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The Impact of Income Taxation on the Ratio between Reservation and Market Wages and the Incentives for Labour Supply

Caliendo, Marco; Gambaro, Ludovica; Haan, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper extends previous research about the determinants of reservation wages by analysing the effect of progressive income taxation on the ratio between reservation and net market wages. Based on micro data for Germany (SOEP) we show that joint income taxation in Germany which discriminates...

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And in the Evening She's a Singer with the Band - Second Jobs, Plight or Pleasure?

Böheim, René; Taylor, Mark P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

We describe the dynamics of second job holding in Britain during the 1990s using panel data from the British Household Panel Survey. Our results show that second job holding is surprisingly persistent over time – about 10% of workers have a second job at any point in time while two thirds of...

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Estimates of a Labour Supply Function Using Alternative Measures of Hours of Work

Klevmarken, N. Anders - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Depending on data source, estimates of hours of work give widely different results both as to level and change. In this paper three alternative measures of hours worked are used to estimate a simple labour supply function to investigate if estimated wage rate and income effects are data...

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Physicians’ Multitasking and Incentives: Empirical Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Fortin, Bernard; Jacquemet, Nicolas; Dumont, Etienne; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We analyse how physicians respond to contractual changes and incentives within a multitasking environment. In 1999 the … on Quebec physicians to evaluate the impact of this change in incentives on their practice choices. We highlight the … clinical services and average time per clinical service. Our results show that, on average, the reform induced physicians who …

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The Taxation of Couples

Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper is concerned with the question of how couples should be taxed. One reason for the importance of this issue is simply that the overwhelming majority of individuals live in households formed around couples, and so it could be argued that empirically, this is the single most important...

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The Predictive Value of Subjective Labour Supply Data: A Dynamic Panel Data Model with Measurement Error

Euwals, Rob - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

This paper tests the predictive value of subjective labour supply data for adjustments in working hours over time. The idea is that if subjective labour supply data help to predict next year’s working hours, such data must contain at least some information on individual labour supply...

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Multi-Family Households in a Labour Supply Model: A Calibration Method with Application to Poland

Haan, Peter; Myck, Michal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

The collective model of labour supply opened the household “black box” and allowed for individual treatment of partners in couples. However, the literature on labour supply has so far largely ignored a broader issue with special relevance to transition and developing countries – the...

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Gender, Time Use and Public Policy over the Life Cycle

Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

In this paper we compare gender differences in the allocation of time to market work, domestic work, child care, and leisure over the life cycle. Time use profiles for these activity categories are constructed on survey data for three countries: Australia, the UK and Germany. We discuss the...

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Recruitment and Job Applications of Older Jobseekers from the Establishments’ Perspective

Bellmann, Lutz; Brussig, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

In the demographic change, a prolongation of individual employment and thus of beginning a new employment in later stages of the work life is of growing importance. On the base of microeconomic data (establishment panel of the IAB), this paper analyses firms’ characteristics correlating with...

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Welfare Reform in European Countries: A Microsimulation Analysis

Immervoll, Herwig; Kleven, Henrik Jacobsen; Kreiner, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This paper estimates the welfare and distributional impact of two types of welfare reform in the 15 (pre-enlargement) member countries of the European Union. The reforms are revenue neutral and financed by an overall and uniform increase in marginal tax rates on earnings. The first reform...

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