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Why Are Mothers Working Longer Hours in Austria than in Germany? A Comparative Micro Simulation Analysis

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dc.creator Dearing, Helene
dc.creator Hofer, Helmut
dc.creator Lietz, Christine
dc.creator Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf
dc.creator Wrohlich, Katharina
dc.date 2007
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:59:56Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:59:56Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18427
dc.identifier ppn:531240002
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18427
dc.description Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are much higher among Austrian mothers. In order to find out to what extent these differences can be attributed to differences in the tax transfersystem, we perform a comparative micro simulation exercise. After estimating structural labor supply models of both countries, we interchange two important institutional characteristics of the two countries, namely (i) the definition of the tax unit within the personal income tax and (ii) the parental leave benefit scheme. As our analysis shows, differences in mothers? employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of joint taxation with income splitting for married couples, Austria taxes everyone individually, which leads to lower marginal tax rates for secondary earners than the German system.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin
dc.relation DIW-Diskussionspapiere 695
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject H24
dc.subject H31
dc.subject J22
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject labor supply
dc.subject micro simulation
dc.subject family policy
dc.subject income taxation
dc.subject Austria
dc.subject Germany
dc.subject Arbeitszeit
dc.subject Mütter
dc.subject Frauen
dc.subject Arbeitsangebot
dc.subject Familienpolitik
dc.subject Einkommensteuer
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Deutschland
dc.subject Österreich
dc.title Why Are Mothers Working Longer Hours in Austria than in Germany? A Comparative Micro Simulation Analysis
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper
dc.coverage 2004


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