Labour Supply and Inequality Effects of In-Work Benefits: Evidence from Serbia

Ranđelović, Saša; Rakić, Jelena Žarković; Vladisavljević, Marko; Vujić, Sunčica

doi:10.2478/ngoe-2019-0010

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“…This understanding of the problem is not without support in literature. Ranđelović et al (2019) state that persons from low-income areas, such as the Region of Southern and Eastern Serbia, are to some extent forced to form the labour supply of that region (p. 15). On the other hand, women's participation in earning an income tends to remove the pressure of being the only contributors to the family budget from their husbands (Saikia & Mazumder, 2015).…”

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Determinants of Women’s Employment in the Region of Southern and Eastern Serbia: An Econometric Approach

Milanović

Marjanović

2023

TEME

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During time, women’s participation in the labour markets all over the world has increased. However, gender differences in the level of employment still exist, especially in underdeveloped and developing countries. Since empirical evidence shows that a higher degree of women’s employment has many positive effects on the economy, it is of great importance for such countries’ governments to create mechanisms for increasing it. These mechanisms are especially important for the Republic of Serbia, since women’s employment is still lagging behind men’s employment. On the interregional level, the gender discrepancies in employment are even larger, which slows down the development of the country as a whole. In order to create effective strategies and mechanisms which will increase the degree of women’s employment in such regions, it is of great importance to discover which factors currently determine whether women will be employed or not. Since the problem of women’s unemployment is particularly noticeable in the Region of Southern and Eastern Serbia, this paper aims to provide an analysis of the basic factors of women’s employment in this region, so as to raise awareness about these factors and shed light on possible employment policies that could be designed accordingly. These policies are expected to enhance the economic development of this region and the country as a whole. For this purpose, primary research was conducted on a sample of 678 women. The results of the study indicate that age, educational attainment, household income, place of residence, and having children ages 7 through 18 represent significant factors that determine women’s employment.

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Determinants of Women’s Employment in the Region of Southern and Eastern Serbia: An Econometric Approach

Milanović

Marjanović

2023

TEME

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“…Ayala and Paniagua (2018) simulations suggest that IWBs would increase female participation in Spain as well. In the Western Balkan context, the studies of Mojsoska Blazevski et al (2015) and Ranđelović et al (2013) indicate potentially favourable employment effects of IWBs in Macedonia and Serbia, respectively. Both studies show that individualbased IWBs are more effective in incentivising potential second earners.…”

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“…The reasons are partly structural in nature, and the design of the tax-benefit system and the work (dis)incentives it embodies might be among them. The previous literature on some south and south-east European countries has shown that there is a potential for in-work benefits to improve incentives for employment (Figari, 2010;Figari, 2015;Luca et al, 2014;Ayala and Paniagua, 2018;Ranđelović et al, 2013;Mojsoska Blazevski et al, 2015), and we assess this potential in Croatia. Focusing on couples, we find that while both benefits redistribute towards low-income households, only the one that is income-tested at the individual level increases the probability of participation.…”

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Making work pay in Croatia: An exante evaluation of two in-work benefits using miCROmod

Bezeredi¹,

Ledić²,

Rubil³

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IJM

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The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we introduce miCROmod, the most recent and comprehensive tax-benefit microsimulation model for Croatia. The focus of this paper is on its behavioural component, a structural labour supply model. Unlike in the standard discrete choice models, where labour supply follows from the agent's choice of work/leisure hours only, in our model, labour supply follows from the agent's choice from a set of jobs, which are characterised by work hours and a set of non-pecuniary job attributes that are unobserved by the researcher. In addition to the budget constraint, the agent faces constraints in the form of labour market opportunities. Second, we use the behavioural tax-benefit model to simulate the effects on the labour supply of couples and the income distribution of the introduction of in-work benefits-transfers conditional on working a certain number of hours. The following two benefits are considered: a family-based benefit imported from the UK, which is income-tested at the family level, and an individual-based benefit from Slovakia, which is income-tested at the individual level. According to the results, both are redistributive towards the needy. However, while the individual-based benefit increases the labour supply, the family-based benefit reduces it, contrary to its very purpose. An implication is that countries considering introducing an in-work benefit and that have most of their social transfers income-tested at the family level should be aware that family-level income-testing of in-work benefits might not improve work incentives, or might even harm them, especially if the benefits are generous.

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“…mogu uskladiti privatni 26 i poslovni život u boljoj meri, studirati i raditi u isto vreme, ali i podstaknuti oni koji ne mogu da rade puno radno vreme da rade određeni broj sati i ostvare određeni dohodak. Međutim, broj lica koja rade na nepuno radno vreme u Republici Srbiji je izrazito nizak u poređenju sa prosekom u zemljama EU (18,5%) 31 i iznosi 4,8% među ženama i 3,1% među muškarcima.…”

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Taxation for gender equality: Proposal of measures for the Republic of Serbia on the road to European integration

Ivanov¹

2020

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Rodna ravnopravnost u Republici Srbiji još uvek nije dostignuta. Nezaposlenost žena od preko 11% i neaktivnost od preko 50% predstavljaju zabrinjavajuće podatke za Republiku Srbiju i njen održivi razvoj. Problem položaja žena je prepoznat, međutim, adekvatne mere koje bi ga rešile još nisu donete. U ovom radu je data analiza potrebe za ekonomskim osnaživanjem žena u Republici Srbiji, kao i adekvatnosti poreskih mera za dostizanje takvog cilja, na osnovu čega se predlaže šest poreskih mera. Mere imaju za cilj ekonomsko osnaženje žena, pre svega kroz njihovo zaposlenje i ohrabrenje za ostvarivanje imovinskih prava, a za sobom povlače i brojne druge pozitivne efekte na položaj žena. Predložene mere su poreske olakšice koje imaju za cilj da podstaknu fleksibilne oblike rada (rad na nepuno radno vreme i rad "od kuće") i mogućnost čuvanja dece zaposlenih. Takođe, u radu se predlaže i povećanje poreskog tereta za poklanjanje muškom članu porodice udela na poljoprivrednom zemljištu od strane ženskog člana porodice.

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Labour Supply and Inequality Effects of In-Work Benefits: Evidence from Serbia

Cited by 4 publications

References 44 publications

Determinants of Women’s Employment in the Region of Southern and Eastern Serbia: An Econometric Approach

Determinants of Women’s Employment in the Region of Southern and Eastern Serbia: An Econometric Approach

Making work pay in Croatia: An exante evaluation of two in-work benefits using miCROmod

Taxation for gender equality: Proposal of measures for the Republic of Serbia on the road to European integration

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