Hours worked: Explaining the cross-country differences through the effects of tax/benefit systems on the employment rate

Coralia Quintero-Rojas ()
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Coralia Quintero-Rojas: Department of Economics and Finance, Universidad de Guanajuato
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No EC200803, Department of Economics and Finance Working Papers from Universidad de Guanajuato, Department of Economics and Finance

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 `a la Pissarides that then we use as laboratory to conduct several quantitative experiences using an accounting method.

Keywords: Aggregate hours of work; employment rate; labor taxes; consumption tax; labor market institutions; matching model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E2 J2 J6 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2008-11
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Journal Article: Hours Worked: Explaining Cross-Country Differences through the Effects of Tax/Benefit Systems on the Employment Rate (2009)
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