PAP 3325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Male Unemployment, Female Education, European Commission

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 3325
• Professor: Ishara Mahat

Document Summary

Purpose: to help governments to fight poverty and to foster prosperity. Lecture 6 october 13, 2016 labour force participation of women: Oecd organization for economic cooperation and development. Factors affecting female participation: tax treatment of second earners, child care subsidies, child benefits, paid parental leave, tax incentives to share market work between spouses, female education, well-functioning labor market, cultural attitudes. Average rate of taxation of the household (as opposed to the second earner) has an income effect on the participation of the second earner. Child care subsidies v. benefits: oecd countries spend 0. 7% of gdp on formal child care, highest in. Working time arrangements: part-time job as an integration of women in labor market, women (25-54 years) in part-time jobs in oecd 25, netherlands 54, preference for part time jobs in austria, germany, ireland, Determinants of female part-time labour: gender roles, women"s education level, tax incentives, availability and affordability of child care, parental leave.