• Child care, parental labor supply and tax revenue 

      Havnes, Tarjei; Andresen, Martin Eckhoff (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      We study the impact of child care for toddlers on the labor supply of mothers and fathers in Norway. For identification, we exploit the staggered expansion across municipalities following a large child care reform from ...
    • Labor supply responses and welfare effects from replacing current tax rules by a flat tax: Empirical evidence from Italy, Norway and Sweden 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Colombino, Ugo; Strøm, Steinar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2000)
      This paper employs a microeconometric framework to examine the labor supply responses and the welfare effects from replacing current tax systems in Italy, Norway and Sweden by a flat tax on total income. The flat tax rates ...
    • Sectoral labour supply, choice restrictions and functional form 

      Dagsvik, John K.; Strøm, Steinar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006)
      In this paper we discuss a general framework for analyzing labor supply behavior in the presence of complicated budget- and quantity constraints of which some are unobserved. The point of departure is that an individual’s ...
    • Subsidies on low-skilled workers social security contributions: the case of Belgium 

      Dagsvik, John K.; Jia,Zhiyang; Orsini, Kristian; Van Camp, Guy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Abstract In recent decades, many “Making Work Pay” policies have been implemented in OECD countries. These policies aim at improving the financial incentives for work while maintaining high levels of social protection. ...
    • Tax reform, sector-specific labor supply and welfare effects 

      Dagsvik, John K.; Locatelli, Marilena; Strøm, Steinar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)
      This paper focuses in particular on the 1992 tax reform in Norway. In this reform the top marginal tax rates were cut considerably. We find that the impact on overall labor supply is rather modest, but these modest changes ...