Hours Worked: Explaining Cross-Country Differences through the Effects of Tax/Benefit Systems on the Employment Rate

Coralia Quintero-Rojas
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Coralia Azucena Quintero Rojas

Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2009, issue 95-96, 79-102

Abstract: In this paper, we explain the observed lower hours worked in Central and Nordic European countries since the 80s, relative to Anglo-Saxon countries, through the effects of the tax benefit/systems on the employment rate. To this end we develop a search and matching economy à la Pissarides that then we use as laboratory to conduct several quantitative experiences using an accounting method.

Date: 2009
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