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Simulating the Behavioural Effects of Welfare Reforms Among Sole Parents in Australia

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: This paper derives and estimates an econometric model of labour supply among sole parents in Australia, using modelling techniques which treat the labour supply decision as a utility maximising choice between a given number of discrete states. The model is then used to look at the likely effects of actual and hypothetical welfare policy reforms. Model estimates are based upon net incomes generated by the Melbourne Institute Tax and Transfer Simulator (MITTS), developed at the Melbourne Institute in collaboration with the Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS).

Source: Economic Record

DOI: 10.1111/1475-4932.00056

Authors: Alan Duncan, Mark N. Harris

Institutions: Institute for Fiscal Studies, University of Nottingham, The University of Melbourne, Curtin University, Central European University

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2118092433