Arbeitspapier

Estimating participation responses using transfer program reform

In this paper we estimate labor force participation responses for married women in Sweden using population-wide register data and detailed information about individuals' budget sets. For identification we exploit a reform in the system for housing allowances in 1997 which affected participation tax rates for households with/without children differently. Using a simple theoretical framework we provide a structural interpretation of our estimates and highlight how the employment response depends on the employment level. Our central estimate of the participation elasticity is 0.13. When splitting the treated sample into four quartiles based on the wife's skill level we find that the participation elasticity is more than twice as large for the lowest-skill sample than for the highest-skill sample.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 2016:1

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Thema
labor supply
social assistance
housing allowance
in-work tax credits
take up of transfer programs

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Bastani, Spencer
Moberg, Ylva
Selin, Håkan
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU)
(wo)
Uppsala
(wann)
2016

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Bastani, Spencer
  • Moberg, Ylva
  • Selin, Håkan
  • Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU)

Entstanden

  • 2016

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