Female labour supply, human capital and welfare reform.

Autor/inn/en	Blundell, Richard; Costa Dias, Monica; Meghir, Costas; Shaw, Jonathan
Institution	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Titel	Female labour supply, human capital and welfare reform.
Quelle	Bonn (2013), 57 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	IZA discussion paper. 7375
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Mutter; Frau; Erfolgskontrolle; Negative Einkommenssteuer; Sozialleistung; Investition; Niedriglohn; Steuer; Arbeitskräfteangebot; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Erwerbsbeteiligung; Erwerbsverhalten; Niedrig Qualifizierter; Arbeitszeit; Arbeitsanreiz; Institution; Allein erziehende Mutter; Allein erziehender Elternteil; Großbritannien
Abstract	We consider the impact of tax credits and income support programs on female education choice, employment, hours and human capital accumulation over the life-cycle. We analyze both the short run incentive effects and the longer run implications of such programs. By allowing for risk aversion and savings, we quantify the insurance value of alternative programs. We find important incentive effects on education choice and labor supply, with single mothers having the most elastic labor supply. Returns to labor market experience are found to be substantial but only for full-time employment, and especially for women with more than basic formal education. For those with lower education the welfare programs are shown to have substantial insurance value. Based on the model, marginal increases to tax credits are preferred to equally costly increases in income support and to tax cuts, except by those in the highest education group. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2013/4