TY - JOUR
T1 - Channels of labour supply responses of lone parents to changed work incentives
AU - GONG, Xiaodong
AU - Breunig, Robert
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - In this article, we investigate the response of female lone parents to two reforms to the welfare system in Australia. Using childless single women as a control group, we find the first set of reforms increased hours worked substantially through job changes. The second set had much more modest effects on hours, which included a decrease in hours worked for those with children younger than six, but did effect an increase in participation. Our results highlight the heterogeneity of response of lone parents to welfare interventions and provide support for the importance of accounting for fixed costs and for within-job rigidities.
AB - In this article, we investigate the response of female lone parents to two reforms to the welfare system in Australia. Using childless single women as a control group, we find the first set of reforms increased hours worked substantially through job changes. The second set had much more modest effects on hours, which included a decrease in hours worked for those with children younger than six, but did effect an increase in participation. Our results highlight the heterogeneity of response of lone parents to welfare interventions and provide support for the importance of accounting for fixed costs and for within-job rigidities.
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UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/channels-labour-supply-responses-lone-parents-changed-work-incentives
U2 - 10.1093/oep/gpu022
DO - 10.1093/oep/gpu022
M3 - Article
VL - 66
SP - 916
EP - 939
JO - Oxford Economic Papers
JF - Oxford Economic Papers
SN - 0030-7653
IS - 4
M1 - gpu022
ER -