We suggest the first large-scale international comparison of labor supply elasticities for 17 European countries and United States using a harmonized empirical approach. find that own-wage are relatively small more uniform across than previously considered. Nonetheless, such differences do exist, found not to arise from different tax-benefit systems, wage/hour levels, or demographic compositions countries, suggesting genuine in work preferences countries. Furthermore, three other findings...

We estimate the informal-formal sector pay gap throughout conditional wage distribution using panel data from Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa. control for time-invariant unobservables, identification stems intersector movers. observables in a nonlinear way propensity score reweighting carefully check potential measurement errors. Using similar definitions of informality, we obtain consistent results all three countries: informally employed workers earn much less than formal primarily...

We estimate the conditional earnings gap between formal and informal sectors, distinguishing salary self‐employed workers. Rich panel datasets for Brazil, Mexico, South Africa are assembled to define informality in a comparable way control (time‐invariant) unobserved heterogeneity. Estimations conducted at different points of distributions. Interesting results emerge. First, workers systematically underpaid compared their sector counterparts, all countries almost quantiles. Yet penalties...

We suggest the first large-scale international comparison of labor supply elasticities for 17 European countries and US, separately by gender marital status. Measurement differences are netted out using a harmonized empirical approach comparable data sources. find that own-wage relatively small much more uniform across than previously thought. Differences exist nonetheless found not to arise from different tax-benefit systems or demographic compositions countries. Thus, we cannot reject have...

Abstract In this paper, we examine the impact of economic crisis and policy reaction on inequality relative poverty in four European countries: France, Germany, Ireland UK. The period examined, 2008–13, was one great turmoil, yet it is unclear whether changes rates over time were mainly driven by market income distributions or tax‐benefit reforms. We disentangle these effects producing counterfactual (‘no reform') scenarios using microsimulation representative household surveys for each...

Journal Article Fiscal union in Europe? Redistributive and stabilizing effects of a European tax-benefit system fiscal equalization mechanism Get access Olivier Bargain, Bargain 1Aix-Marseille University (Aix-Marseille School Economics), CNRS EHESS, IZA CEPS-INSTEAD2ZEW IZA3ZEW, Mannheim, Oxford, CESifo4CORE (Université catholique du Louvain), Cologne5IZA, Cologne, ISER CESifo6IZA7IZA Cologne Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Mathias Dolls, Dolls...

Abstract There is a huge variation in the size of labor supply elasticities literature, which hampers policy analysis. While recent studies show that preference heterogeneity across countries explains little this variation, we focus on two other important features: observation period and estimation method. We start with thorough survey existing evidence for both Western Europe USA, over long from different empirical approaches. Then, our meta-analysis attempts to disentangle role time...

While degraded trust and cohesion within a country are often shown to have large socioeconomic impacts, they can also dramatic consequences when compliance is required for collective survival. We illustrate this point in the context of COVID-19 crisis. Policy responses all over world aim reduce social interaction limit contagion. Using data on human mobility political at regional level Europe, we examine whether these containment policies depends policy makers prior double difference...

Abstract I revisit the distributional effects of tax‐benefit policy reforms under New Labour using counterfactual microsimulations embedded in a Shapley decomposition time change inequality and poverty indices. This makes it possible to quantify relative effect changes compared all other changes, check sensitivity this use (i) income vs. price indexation, (ii) base end period data. Inequality depth would have increased, sharp fall child not occurred, had support tax credits been implemented.

Abstract This paper assesses the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality over around three decades, from 1979 to 2007. It applies a new method for decomposing changes in government redistribution into (1) direct effect resulting and (2) changing market incomes. Over period as whole, increased income by pushing up share high‐income earners (the top 20%) . ( JEL H23, H31, H53, P16)