[…] gender-based violence since 1995. Although less robust, there is some evidence that the youth sex ratio also raises non-gendered forms of violence, but we find no discernible impact upon property and economic crime. In probing mechanisms we argue that men are more prone to crime than women, that the share of unmarried men is […]

[…] accounting for the behavioral reaction and macroeconomic feedback to tax policy changes enriches the tax reforms’ analysis, by increasing the accuracy of the direct fiscal and distributional impact assessment provided by the microsimulation model for the tax reforms considered. Our results are in line with previous dynamic scoring exercises, showing that most tax reforms […]

[…] inequality decidedly compared to current levels. This effect is even stronger in the second scenario, however, it results in unrealistically high tax rates, especially for Italy. The impact on poverty and inequality of the HNIT scheme is markedly higher for Italy in both scenarios suggesting that the United Kingdom has currently a social protection […]

Using fixed effects models and longitudinal data from the British Household Panels Surveys (BHPS) and the follow-up study “Understanding Society” (UKHLS), the current study examines the impact of change in employment status and working conditions on gender role attitudes by simultaneously considering the family structure. A second research question investigates whether employment status and […]

[…] sacrifice more common. Self-perception of a green lifestyle was linked to higher life satisfaction, irrespective of concrete action. Bad conscience about not being green enough decreased life satisfaction, but the impact could be mitigated by having a self-perceived green lifestyle. Value-action gap for green behaviour depends on costs of green behaviour but also green preferences.