Olivier Bargain

University College Dublin (UCD)

Belfield

Belfield, Dublin 4 4

Ireland

http://www.ucd.ie/economics/staff/obargain/obargain.htm

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

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Happy Taxpayers? Income Taxation and Well-Being

SOEPpaper No. 526
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 08 Jan 2013
Alpaslan Akay, Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch
IZA Institute of Labor Economics, IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), University of Cologne - Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research and University of Mannheim - Department of EconomicsIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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subjective well-being, taxation, public goods

Happy Taxpayers? Income Taxation and Well-Being

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6999
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Alpaslan Akay, Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch
IZA Institute of Labor Economics, IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute, University of Cologne, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research and University of Mannheim - Department of EconomicsIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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subjective well-being, taxation, public goods

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Public Sector Pay Gap in France: New Evidence Using Panel Data

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3427
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 23 May 2008 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Blaise Melly
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and Brown University - Department of Economics
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wage gap, public sector, selection, fixed effects, quantile regression

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Is Informality Bad? Evidence from Brazil, Mexico and South Africa

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4711
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 01 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Prudence Kwenda
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and University College Dublin (UCD)
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fixed effects model, earnings differential, self-employed, quantile regression, informal sector, salary work

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The Informal Sector Wage Gap: New Evidence Using Quantile Estimations on Panel Data

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4286
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Prudence Kwenda
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and University College Dublin (UCD)
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selection, fixed effects model, quantile regression, informal sector, wage gap, matching

Validating the Collective Model of Household Consumption Using Direct Evidence on Sharing

Partnership for Economic Policy Working Paper No. 2018-06
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Oct 2018
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Guy Lacroix and Luca Tiberti
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), Université Laval - Département d'Économique and Université Laval
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Collective Model, Engel Curves, Rothbarth Method, Sharing rule

Validating the Collective Model of Household Consumption Using Direct Evidence on Sharing

CRREP working paper serie 2018-10
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 10 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2018
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Guy Lacroix and Luca Tiberti
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), Université Laval - Département d'Économique and Université Laval
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Collective Model, Engel Curves, Rothbarth Method, Sharing rule.

Validating the Collective Model of Household Consumption Using Direct Evidence on Sharing

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11653
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 01 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Guy Lacroix and Luca Tiberti
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), Université Laval - Département d'Économique and Université Laval
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sharing rule, Rothbarth Method, Engel Curves, collective model

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Labor Supply Elasticities in Europe and the Us

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5820
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 04 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Kristian Orsini and Andreas Peichl
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), KU Leuven and ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
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elasticity, taxation, household labor supply, Europe, US

Comparing Labor Supply Elasticities in Europe and the US: New Results

SOEPpaper No. 525
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 08 Jan 2013
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Kristian Orsini and Andreas Peichl
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), KU Leuven and ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
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household labor supply, elasticity, taxation, Europe, US

Comparing Labor Supply Elasticities in Europe and the Us: New Results

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6735
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 21 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Kristian Orsini and Andreas Peichl
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), KU Leuven and ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
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taxation, elasticity, household labor supply, Europe, US

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Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1978-2009: A Decomposition Approach

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5910
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), University of Cologne - Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, University of Cologne, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, IZA Institute of Labor Economics and University of Mannheim - Department of EconomicsIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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Great Recession, tax policy, inequality, redistribution, political economy

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Minimum Wages and the Gender Gap in Pay. Evidence from the UK and Ireland

Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) Working Paper Series 2016-02
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 22 Jan 2016
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Karina Doorley and Philippe Van Kerm
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), ESRI and Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
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gender wage gap, minimum wages, distribution regression, UK, Ireland

Tax-Benefit Systems in Europe and the US: Between Equity and Efficiency

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3534
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 02 Aug 2011
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), University of Cologne - Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research and University of Mannheim - Department of EconomicsIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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social preferences, redistribution, optimal income taxation, labor supply

Tax-Benefit Systems in Europe and the Us: Between Equity and Efficiency

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5440
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 24 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2023
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), University of Cologne - Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research and University of Mannheim - Department of EconomicsIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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social preferences, redistribution, optimal income taxation, labor supply

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Remittances and Child Labour in Africa: Evidence from Burkina Faso

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8007
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Delphine Boutin
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and EDHEC Business School
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child labour, remittances, migration, Africa

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Caught in the Trap? The Disincentive Effect of Social Assistance

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4291
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 21 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Karina Doorley
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and University College Dublin (UCD)
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social assistance, welfare, regression discontinuity, labor supply

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Public Sector Wage Gaps Over the Long-Run: Evidence from Panel Administrative Data

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11924
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 19 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Audrey Etienne and Blaise Melly
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), Aix-Marseille University and Brown University - Department of Economics
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public wage gap, unconditional quantile regression, fixed effects, incidental parameter bias, jackknife

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Cooperative Models in Action: Simulation of a Nash-Bargaining Model of Household Labor Supply with Taxation

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1480
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 09 Feb 2005 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Nicolas Moreau
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and Université Laval - Département d'Économique
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microsimulation, household labor supply, intrahousehold allocation, tax reform, Nash-bargaining model, collective model

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Partisan Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1979-2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7190
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 02 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, University of Cologne, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research and IZA Institute of Labor Economics
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partisan politics, redistribution, inequality, tax policy, political economy

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Intrahousehold Distribution and Child Poverty: Theory and Evidence from Côte D’Ivoire

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6029
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Olivier Donni and Prudence Kwenda
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), University of Cergy-Pontoise - THEMA and University College Dublin (UCD)
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indifference scales, collective model, consumer demand, Engel curves, Rothbarth method, cost of children, bargaining power, sharing rule, scale economies, equivalence scales

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Steady-State Labor Supply Elasticities: A Survey

ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 13-084
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Oct 2013
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Andreas Peichl
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
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household labor supply, elasticity, taxation, Europe, US

Steady-State Labor Supply Elasticities: A Survey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7698
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Andreas Peichl
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
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household labor supply, elasticity, taxation, Europe, US

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On Modeling Household Labor Supply with Taxation

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1455
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Jan 2005 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain and Olivier Bargain
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD)
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multinomial logit, household labor supply, taxation, microsimulation, unitary model, collective model

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Female Labor Supply and Divorce: New Evidence from Ireland

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4959
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Libertad Gonzalez, Claire Keane and Berkay Özcan
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland and Yale University
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divorce law, natural experiment, labor supply, fixed effects, propensity score

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Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1979-2007

ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 14-001
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 23 Jan 2014
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, IZA Institute of Labor Economics and University of Mannheim - Department of EconomicsIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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Tax policy, Inequality, Redistribution, Partisan Politics, Political Economy

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Fiscal Union in Europe? Redistributive and Stabilising Effects of an EU Tax-Benefit System

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6585
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 16 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute, ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, University of Cologne, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, IZA Institute of Labor Economics and University of Mannheim - Department of EconomicsIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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fiscal union, automatic stabilisation, European income tax

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As Simpl as that: Introducing a Tax-Benefit Microsimulation Model for Poland

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2988
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 05 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Leszek Morawski, Michal Myck and Mieczyslaw W. Socha
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), University of Warsaw - Department of Economics and Business, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and none
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income distribution, tax and benefit systems, microsimulation, Poland

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A Theory of Child Targeting

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2669
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 01 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Olivier Donni
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and University of Cergy-Pontoise - THEMA
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intrahousehold distribution, targeting, social welfare, paternalism, child benefit, commodity taxation, labeling

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Is the Collective Model of Labor Supply Useful for Tax Policy Analysis? A Simulation Exercise

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1451
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 14 Jan 2005 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Nicolas Moreau, Olivier Bargain and Olivier Bargain
Université Laval - Département d'Économique and IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD)
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household labor supply, intrahousehold allocation, collective model, tax reform

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Minimum Wages and the Gender Gap in Pay: New Evidence from the UK and Ireland

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11502
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 14 May 2018 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Karina Doorley and Philippe Van Kerm
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), University College Dublin (UCD) and Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
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minimum wage, gender wage gap, distribution regression

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Optimal Commodity Taxation and Redistribution within Households

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5608
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 11 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Olivier Donni
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and University of Cergy-Pontoise - THEMA
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targeting, intrahousehold distribution, optimal commodity taxation

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Earnings Differences between Chinese and Indian Wage Earners, 1987–2004

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3284
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 May 2008 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Sumon K. Bhaumik, Sumon K. Bhaumik, Manisha Chakrabarty and Zhong Zhao
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)Aston University - Aston Business School, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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returns to education, Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, India, earnings, quantile regression, China

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Analysing the Effects of Tax-Benefit Reforms on Income Distribution: A Decomposition Approach

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3078
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 03 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Tim Callan
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland
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poverty, decomposition, inequality, tax-benefit policy, microsimulation

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'Making Work Pay' in a Rationed Labor Market

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2033
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 24 Mar 2006
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Marco Caliendo, Peter Haan and Kristian Orsini
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), University of Potsdam, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research and KU Leuven
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tax-benefit systems, microsimulation, household labor supply, multinomial

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How Tight are Safety-Nets in Nordic Countries? Evidence from Finnish Register Data

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3004
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll and Heikki Viitamaki
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia and Government of the Republic of Finland - VATT Institute for Economic Research
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register data, poverty, social assistance, take-up

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The Effect of Social Benefits on Youth Employment: Combining RD and a Behavioral Model

Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) Working Paper Series 2016-12
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 08 Sep 2016
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Karina Doorley
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and ESRI
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behavioral model, regression discontinuity, labor supply

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Putting Structure on the Rd Design: Social Transfers and Youth Inactivity in France

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7508
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Karina Doorley
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and University College Dublin (UCD)
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behavioral model, regression discontinuity, labor supply

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The Distributional Effects of Tax-Benefit Policies Under New Labour: A Shapley Decomposition

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4296
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain and Olivier Bargain
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD)
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Shapley decomposition, poverty, inequality, tax-benefit policy, microsimulation

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Beans for Breakfast? How Exportable is the British Workfare Model?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2025
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 21 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Kristian Orsini, Olivier Bargain and Olivier Bargain
KU Leuven and IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD)
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tax-benefit systems, in-work benefits, microsimulation, household labor supply

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In-Work Policies in Europe: Killing Two Birds with One Stone?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1445
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Jan 2005 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Kristian Orsini
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and KU Leuven
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in-work benefits, tax-benefit systems, microsimulation, household labor supply, multinomial logit

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Back to Bentham, Should We? Large-Scale Comparison of Experienced Versus Decision Utility

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10907
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 31 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2023
Alpaslan Akay, Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Holguer X. Jara
IZA Institute of Labor Economics, IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and KU Leuven
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decision utility, experienced utility, labor supply, subjective well-being

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Normative Evaluation of Tax Policies: From Households to Individuals

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1441
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 05 Jan 2005 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain and Olivier Bargain
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD)
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intrahousehold distribution, microsimulation, social welfare, collective model, household labor supply, tax reform

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Relative Concerns of Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5480
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 21 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Alpaslan Akay, Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Klaus F. Zimmermann
IZA Institute of Labor Economics, IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and Global Labor Organization (GLO)
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relative concerns, China, well-being

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The Measurement of Child Costs: A Rothbarth-Type Method Consistent with Scale Economies

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4654
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 28 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Olivier Donni
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and University of Cergy-Pontoise - THEMA
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Rothbarth method, consumer demand, cost of children, scale economies, indifference scales, equivalence scales, collective model

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Women's Political Participation and Intrahousehold Empowerment: Evidence from the Egyptian Arab Spring

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11534
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 30 May 2018 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Delphine Boutin and Hugues Champeaux
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), EDHEC Business School and Université d'Auvergne - Clermont 1 - Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Developpement International (CERDI)
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gender, revolutions, Arab Spring, empowerment, Egypt

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Everybody's a Victim? Global Terror, Well-Being and Political Attitudes

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11597
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 02 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Alpaslan Akay, Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Ahmed Elsayed
IZA Institute of Labor Economics, IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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media, subjective well-being, global terror, political attitudes

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Home Sweet Home? Macroeconomic Conditions in Home Countries and the Well-Being of Migrants

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7862
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 04 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Alpaslan Akay, Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Klaus F. Zimmermann
IZA Institute of Labor Economics, IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and Global Labor Organization (GLO)
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unemployment, GDP, well-being, migrants, relative concerns/deprivation

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Changes in Income Distributions and the Role of Tax-Benefit Policy During the Great Recession: An International Perspective

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7737
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 04 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Tim Callan, Karina Doorley and Claire Keane
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland, University College Dublin (UCD) and Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland
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decomposition, poverty, inequality, tax-benefit policy, microsimulation, crisis

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Flexible Labor Supply Models

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4281
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 21 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain and Olivier Bargain
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD)
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labor supply, multinomial logit, taxation

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No Claim, No Pain: Measuring the Non-Take-Up of Social Assistance Using Register Data

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5355
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll and Heikki Viitamaki
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia and Government of the Republic of Finland - VATT Institute for Economic Research
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poverty, take-up, social assistance, register data

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Learning from the

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12017
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 23 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo, Prudence Kwenda and Miracle Ntuli
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), University of Essex, University College Dublin (UCD) and University of Cape Town (UCT)
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poverty, tax-benefit policy, microsimulation, inequality, Africa

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Distributional Consequences of Labor-Demand Shocks: The 2008-09 Recession in Germany

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3403
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 08 Apr 2011
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research and University of Mannheim - Department of EconomicsIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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labor demand, output shock, tax-benefit system, crisis, income distribution

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'Fair' Welfare Comparisons with Heterogeneous Tastes: Subjective Versus Revealed Preferences

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10908
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 31 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Alpaslan Akay, Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Holguer X. Jara
IZA Institute of Labor Economics, IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and KU Leuven
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fair allocation, money metric, decision utility, experienced utility, labor supply, subjective well-being

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The Measurement of Child Costs: Evidence from Ireland

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4672
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 04 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Olivier Donni and Monnet Gbakou
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), University of Cergy-Pontoise - THEMA and University of Lyon 2 - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique (GATE)
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indifference scales, consumer demand, collective model, sharing rule, cost of children, equivalence scales

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The Formal Sector Wage Premium and Firm Size for Self-Employed Workers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6604
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 16 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Eliane Badaoui, Prudence Kwenda, Eric Strobl and Frank Walsh
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), University of Cergy-Pontoise - THEMA, University College Dublin (UCD), École Polytechnique, Paris - Department of Economic Sciences and National University of Ireland - University College Dublin
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informality, self-employment, Burdett and Mortensen model

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In-Work Transfers in Good Times and Bad: Simulations for Ireland

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4644
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 22 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Karina Doorley
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and University College Dublin (UCD)
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take-up, labour supply, microsimulation, working poor, welfare

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Tax-Benefit Revealed Redistributive Preferences Over Time: Ireland 1987-2005

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5221
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain and Claire Keane
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD) and Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland
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optimal taxation, social preferences, labour supply

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Remittances and Relative Concerns in Rural China

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9163
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Alpaslan Akay, Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Corrado Giulietti, Juan Robalino and Klaus F. Zimmermann
IZA Institute of Labor Economics, IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), Department of Economics, Universidad de Costa Rica - School of Economics and Global Labor Organization (GLO)
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subjective well-being, remittances, positional concerns

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Comparing Inequality Aversion Across Countries When Labor Supply Responses Differ

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7215
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 23 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute, University of Cologne, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research and University of Mannheim - Department of EconomicsIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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optimal income taxation, redistribution, labor supply, social preferences

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Distributional Consequences of Labor Demand Adjustments to a Downturn: A Model-Based Approach with Application to Germany 2008-09

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5220
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain, Olivier Bargain, Herwig Immervoll, Herwig Immervoll, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Social Policy DivisionWorld Bank, Europe and Central Asia, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research and University of Mannheim - Department of EconomicsIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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labor demand, tax-benefit system, crisis, income distribution

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Welfare, Labor Supply and Heterogeneous Preferences: Evidence for Europe and the Us

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6102
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD), Department of Economics KU Leuven, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute, University of Cologne, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research and University of Mannheim - Department of EconomicsIZA Institute of Labor Economics
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preference heterogeneity, Beyond GDP, welfare measures, labor supply

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Back to the Future: Decomposition Analysis of Distributive Policies Using Behavioural Simulations

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5226
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 12 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Olivier Bargain and Olivier Bargain
IZA Institute of Labor EconomicsUniversity College Dublin (UCD)
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Shapley value decomposition, tax-benefit policy, behavioural microsimulation, poverty, inequality, labour supply