Did the earned income tax credit affect women’s labour supply in Sweden?
Women’s labour supply in Sweden, even if it is high in comparison to other countries, is still lower than men’s. Did the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) reform in 2007 affect women’s labour supply? It is difficult to estimate the effects of the EITC, mainly because everybody in Sweden was treated si...
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ftstockholmuniv:oai:DiVA.org:su-179418 2023-05-15T16:49:57+02:00 Did the earned income tax credit affect women’s labour supply in Sweden? Påverkade jobbskatteavdraget kvinnornas arbetskraftsutbud i Sverige? Hasani, Hyrije Kamath, Marija 2019 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-179418 eng eng Stockholms universitet, Nationalekonomiska institutionen http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-179418 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Women’s labour supply Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Neoclassical model of labour-leisure choice Difference-in-Differences (DiD) Economics Nationalekonomi Student thesis info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis text 2019 ftstockholmuniv 2023-02-23T21:40:23Z Women’s labour supply in Sweden, even if it is high in comparison to other countries, is still lower than men’s. Did the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) reform in 2007 affect women’s labour supply? It is difficult to estimate the effects of the EITC, mainly because everybody in Sweden was treated simultaneously, and because the Great Recession hit at the same time. We use a difference-in-differences (DiD) method to estimate the effect of the policy where we compare Sweden before and after the introduction with countries without an EITC (Austria, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland). Theory suggests that participation in the labour market would increase when EITC is implemented, but it is not clear if hours of work would increase among those already participating. We are unable to conclude that there are any effects on women’s labour supply in response to the EITC reform. Bachelor Thesis Iceland Stockholm University: Publications (DiVA) Norway |
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Women’s labour supply in Sweden, even if it is high in comparison to other countries, is still lower than men’s. Did the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) reform in 2007 affect women’s labour supply? It is difficult to estimate the effects of the EITC, mainly because everybody in Sweden was treated simultaneously, and because the Great Recession hit at the same time. We use a difference-in-differences (DiD) method to estimate the effect of the policy where we compare Sweden before and after the introduction with countries without an EITC (Austria, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland). Theory suggests that participation in the labour market would increase when EITC is implemented, but it is not clear if hours of work would increase among those already participating. We are unable to conclude that there are any effects on women’s labour supply in response to the EITC reform. |
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Did the earned income tax credit affect women’s labour supply in Sweden? |
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