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ItemThe Effect of Financial Incentives on Labour Supply: Evidence for Lone Parents from Microsimulation and Quasi-Experimental Evaluation(Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2008-06)The aim of this paper is to analyse the work incentive effects of a change in the Australian tax and transfer system on lone parents in July 2000. To evaluate the effect of the total change only, microsimulation can be used; but for a subgroup of lone parents, a few components of this policy change can be analysed through two alternative approaches - microsimulation and quasi-experimental evaluation. Both approaches examine the effects on the probability of employment and on average working hours. The results from microsimulation show that the combined changes introduced in July 2000 - involving reduced withdrawal rates, changed family payments and lower income tax rates - have increased labour supply for lone parents to a moderate extent. The estimated effect on average working hours when using microsimulation is very close to the effect estimated in a quasi-experimental approach using matching techniques to control for alternative influences.
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ItemComputational Macroeconomics for the Open Economy(MIT PRESS, 2008)
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ItemEXAMINING THE PREFERENCES OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS An application to hospital consultants(SPRINGER, 2008-01-01)
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ItemRacial and ethnic discrimination in local consumer markets: Exploiting the army's procedures for matching personnel to duty locations(ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2008-09-01)
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ItemHas the Boom in Incapacity Benefit Claimant Numbers Passed Its Peak ?(WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC, 2008-12-01)
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ItemChoice of contracts in the British National Health Service: An empirical study(ELSEVIER, 2008-09-01)Following major reforms of the British National Health Service (NHS) in 1990, the roles of purchasing and providing health services were separated, with the relationship between purchasers and providers governed by contracts. Using a mixed multinomial logit analysis, we show how this policy shift led to a selection of contracts that is consistent with the predictions of a simple model, based on contract theory, in which the characteristics of the health services being purchased and of the contracting parties influence the choice of contract form. The paper thus provides evidence in support of the practical relevance of theory in understanding health care market reform.