Analyzing female labor supply — Evidence from a Dutch tax reform

Bösch, Nicole; Klaauw, Bas van der

doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2012.01.002

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“…In addition, De Mooij (2008) concludes that a removal of the transferability of the general tax credit increases labour supply of partners in particular. Furthermore, our analysis shows that there is a strong response at the extensive margin and this result is in line with the study by Bosch and Van der Klaauw (2012). They conclude that marginal tax rates are less important and that women respond more to changes in tax allowances.…”

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For Better or for Worse: Tax Reform in the Netherlands

Boer

2016

De Economist

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This paper presents a structural labour supply model for the Netherlands. The model uses a large, rich data set which allows for precise estimates of labour supply elasticities for several subgroups. We use an advanced tax benefit calculator to calculate households' budget constraints accurately. Both the large, rich data set and the advanced tax benefit calculator enable us to perform more accurate policy predictions. Simulations show that labour supply elasticities differ among subgroups. Labour supply elasticities for men in couples are low but labour supply elasticities are much higher for cohabiting/married women. Furthermore, elasticities are relatively high for individuals with a lower education and/or non-Western background. Policy simulations provide two important insights. First, an introduction of either a pure flat tax, or an income-neutral flat tax, decreases aggregate labour supply. Second, an EITC for working parents is more effective in stimulating aggregate labour supply than an EITC for all workers or an overall reduction in marginal tax rates.

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For Better or for Worse: Tax Reform in the Netherlands

Boer

2016

De Economist

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“…As a result, the average working hours of working women remained stable over successive cohorts. Finally, Bosch and Van der Klaauw (2012), analyzing the effects of a 2001 tax reform which made work much more financially attractive for women with a high-income partner, find that women actually reduced their working hours slightly in response to receiving a higher after-tax hourly wage.…”

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Part-time jobs: what women want?

Booth

Ours

2012

J Popul Econ

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Part-time jobs are common among partnered women in many countries. There are two opposing views on the efficiency implications of so many women working part-time. The negative view is that part-time jobs imply wastage of resources and underutilization of investments in human capital since many part-time working women are highly educated. The positive view is that, without the existence of part-time jobs, female labor force participation would be substantially lower since women confronted with the choice between a full-time job and zero working hours would opt for the latter. In the Netherlands, the majority of partnered working women have a part-time job. Our paper investigates, from a supply-side perspective, if the current situation of abundant part-time work in the Netherlands is likely to be a transitional phase that will culminate in many women working full-time. Our main results indicate that partnered women in part-time work have high levels of job satisfaction, a low desire to change their working hours, and live in partnerships in which household production is highly gendered. Taken together, our results suggest that part-time jobs are what most Dutch women want.

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“…Their results do not show significant selectivity in labor force participation. Bosch and Van der Klaauw (2012) provide a similar analysis for female labor supply in the Netherlands. They find evidence in favor of selective labor force participation, i.e.…”

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From micro data to causality: Forty years of empirical labor economics

Klaauw¹

2014

Labour Economics

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Analyzing female labor supply — Evidence from a Dutch tax reform

Cited by 40 publications

References 20 publications

For Better or for Worse: Tax Reform in the Netherlands

For Better or for Worse: Tax Reform in the Netherlands

Part-time jobs: what women want?

From micro data to causality: Forty years of empirical labor economics

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