MPI TAX
Vortrag | 08.07.2010 - 09.07.2010 | 05:30
Taxation and the Family
Thursday, July 8, 2010
13:20 – 14:00 Registration
14:00 – 14:10 Workshop Opening
14:10 – 14:45 A new household perspective on family income taxation
*Ray Rees, CES, University of Munich
Patricia Apps, University of Sydney
14:45 – 15:20 On the optimality of joint taxation for non-cooperative couples
*Helmut Rainer, ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich
Volker Meier, ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich
15:20 – 15:40 Coffee break
15:40 – 16:15 Love and taxes – and matching institutions
*Kjell Erik Lommerud, University of Bergen
Kai A. Konrad, MPI for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law
16:15 - 16:50 Home is where the heart is: Household happiness externalities
*Andrew Clark, Paris School of Economics
16:50 – 17:10 Coffee break
17:10 – 17:45 Your place or mine? On the residence choice of married couples
*Katrine Løken, University of Bergen
Kjell Erik Lommerud, University of Bergen
Shelly Lundberg, University of Washington
17:45 – 18:20 Evolution, family ties, and incentives
*Ted Bergstrom, University of California
20:00 Conference dinner

  

Friday, July 9, 2010
9:15 – 9:50 Marriage, adaptation and happiness: Are there long-lasting gains to marriage?
*Salmai Qari, MPI for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law
9:50 – 10:25 You can´t be happier than your wife. Happiness gaps and divorce
*Claudia Senik, Paris School of Economics
Cahit Guven, Deakin University
Holger Stichnoth, ZEW Mannheim and Paris School of Economics
10:25 – 10:50 Coffee break
10:50 – 11:25 The effect of education on marital status and partner characteristics: evidence from the UK
*Dan Anderberg, Royal Holloway, University of London
Yu Zhu, University of Kent at Canterbury
11:25 – 12:00 The impact of paternity leave on father long-term involvement
*Ingeborg Solli, University of Stavanger
Mari Rege, University of Stavanger
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:05 Family labour supply, child care and taxation
*Patricia Apps, University of Sydney
Ray Rees, CES, University of Munich
14:05 – 14:40 The kindness of strangers: Adopted girls in China
*Lena Edlund, Columbia University
YuYu Chen, Peking University
Avraham Ebenstein, Hebrew University
Hongbin Li, Tsinghua University