Comparing the 1935 and 1975 US birth cohorts, wages of married women grew twice as fast
as for married men, and the wage gap between married and single women turned from …

I estimate the long-run income effect of welfare transfers on individual labor supply. Using
Italian administrative data on the universe of survivor insurance recipients, I implement a …

The extent to which households can self-insure depends on family structure and wage risk.
We calibrate a model of couples and singles' savings and labor supply under two types of …

In this paper we explore how marriage affects longevity of men and women through income
pooling and public-goods sharing as well as joint utility maximization of partners with …

The desirability, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of government welfare policies depend
crucially on the income risk that households face and the actions that they can take to …

Terlepas dari upaya yang berkelanjutan dan komitmen untuk mengurangi bayi dengan
Berat Badan Lahir Rendah (BBLR), secara global, insiden BBLR mengalami stagnasi. Studi …

In this paper, I adopt a dynamic structural approach to study the design of consumption and
personal income taxes and their interactions. I develop a life-cycle model of household …

Under a jointly assessed system of income tax, the marginal rate faced by individuals in a
couple depends on their combined income. As a result, the lower earner in a couple …

This PhD thesis investigates the impact of direct and indirect taxation on households'
consumption, saving and labor supply decisions over the life cycle. Chapter 1 focuses on …

This dissertation consists of two chapters that explore how micro-level heterogeneity helps
us understand the dynamics of macroeconomic variables. Chapter 2 shows that the evolving …