|
EconStor >
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA), Bonn >
IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) >
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/33538
|
| | |
| Title: | | Making Work Pay': in a rationed labour market  |
| Authors: | | Bargain, Olivier Caliendo, Marco Haan, Peter Orsini, Kristian |
| Issue Date: | | 2006 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion Papers 2033 |
| Abstract: | | We assess the labour supply effects of two 'making work pay' reforms in Germany. We provide evidence in favour of policies that distinguish between low effort and low productivity by targeting individuals with low wages rather than individuals with low earnings. In assessing the policies we account for demand-side constraints by using a double-hurdle model. We identify and decompose the potential bias of labour supply elasticities derived in standard unconstrained models. Although this bias is not significant when assessing policies which mainly target voluntarily unemployed workers (typically secondary earners), it is substantial for policies which affect groups with high shares of involuntary unemployment. |
| Subjects: | | tax-benefit systems microsimulation household labour supply multinomial logit involuntary unemployment double-hurdle |
| JEL: | | C25 C52 H31 J22 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des DIW IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
|
| |
| | |
Download bibliographical data as:
BibTeX
|
| |
Share on:http://hdl.handle.net/10419/33538
|
Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
|