Browsing College of Human Sciences by Subject "D13"

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Female labor supply and divorce : new evidence from Ireland

Bargain, Olivier ; Keane, Claire (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2010-10)

If participation in the labor market helps to secure women's outside options in the case of divorce/separation, an increase in the perceived risk of marital dissolution may accelerate the increase in female labor supply. ...
Normative evaluation of tax policies : from households to individuals

Bargain, Olivier (Springer Verlag, 2008-04)

We simulate a hypothetical family tax credit on a sample of French couples, using jointly a collective model of labor supply and a tax-benefit calculator. Work behaviors represent here a general concept of “effort,” and ...
A theory of child targeting

Bargain, Olivier ; Donni, Olivier (University College Dublin; School of Economics, 2007-03)

There is a large empirical literature on policy measures targeted at children but surprisingly very little theoretical foundation to ground the debate on the optimality of the different instruments. In the present paper, ...
Willingness to pay : individual or household?

Delaney, Liam ; O'Toole, Francis (Springer Science and Business Media, 2006)

This paper considers how respondents model the open-ended willingness to pay question, what is your maximum willingness to pay? In the specific context of valuing Irish public service broadcasting, respondents were asked ...