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ItemThe Effect of Financial Incentives on Labour Supply: Evidence for Lone Parents from Microsimulation and Quasi-Experimental EvaluationCAI, L ; KALB, G ; TSENG, Y ; VU, THH (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 EconomyLim, GC ; McNelis, PD (MIT PRESS, 2008)
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ItemEXAMINING THE PREFERENCES OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS An application to hospital consultantsScott, A ; Ubach, C ; French, F ; Needham, G ; Ryan, M ; Gerard, K ; AmayaAmaya, M (SPRINGER, 2008)
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ItemImproving the Modelling of Couples' Labour SupplyBreunig, R ; Cobb-Clark, D ; Gong, X ( 2008)
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ItemImproving the Modeling of Couples’ Labour SupplyBREUNIG, R. ; COBB-CLARK, D. ; GONG, X. ( 2008)
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ItemJob search monitoring intensity, unemployment exit and job entry: Quasi-experimental evidence from the UKMcVicar, D (ELSEVIER, 2008-12)
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ItemRacial and ethnic discrimination in local consumer markets: Exploiting the army's procedures for matching personnel to duty locationsAntecol, H ; Cobb-Clark, DA (ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2008-09)
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ItemDo Coresidency and Financial Transfers from the Children Reduce the Need for Elderly Parents to Work in Developing CountriesCOBB-CLARK, D. ; CAMERON, L. ( 2008)
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ItemHas the Boom in Incapacity Benefit Claimant Numbers Passed Its Peak?Anyadike-Danes, M ; McVicar, D (WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC, 2008-12)Abstract Just over 2.5 million people of working age were on the incapacity benefit register in Great Britain in 2006, twice as many as 15 years earlier, and we explore the factors contributing to that huge growth. Using a simple model linking ‘inflow’ to the size of the register via a pair of persistence parameters (‘short’ and ‘long’ term), we show that the principal driver of numbers up to the mid‐1990s was inflow, but since then it has been the steep rise in ‘average duration’ from below four to more than six years. For women the lengthening time on the register mainly reflects a rise in short‐term persistence (survival on the register from one to two years), whilst for men the increase in long‐term persistence (survival on the register after two years) was more important. We also use the model to discuss the likelihood that the British government will achieve its target of reducing incapacity benefit numbers by 1 million by 2016.
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ItemChoice of contracts in the British National Health Service: An empirical studyChalkley, M ; McVicar, D (ELSEVIER, 2008-09)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.