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Table 4 Effects of EITC and WTC reforms on unconditional weekly hours of work of husbands and wives by model specification, household type, decile of disposable household income and sector

From: In-work benefits for married couples: an ex-ante evaluation of EITC and WTC policies in Italy

    

EITC

WTC

Model

Spouse

Variable

Baseline

Mean

Q 5

Q 95

Mean

Q 5

Q 95

1

Husbands

0 children

36.95

36.97

36.85

37.11

36.94

36.82

37.07

  

1 child

37.04

37.09

36.86

37.34

37.00

36.79

37.23

  

2 children

37.23

37.17

36.89

37.40

37.09

36.86

37.31

  

3 children

34.90

34.81

33.89

35.53

34.79

34.09

35.38

  

I-III

32.40

32.49

32.20

32.81

32.43

32.21

32.64

  

IV-VII

38.36

38.37

38.18

38.54

38.28

38.13

38.44

  

VIII-X

39.58

39.47

39.36

39.57

39.45

39.33

39.56

  

Total

36.94

36.94

36.82

37.05

36.88

36.77

36.98

 

Wives

0 children

18.55

18.75

18.57

18.96

18.66

18.52

18.80

  

1 child

17.87

18.72

18.34

19.09

18.56

18.21

18.97

  

2 children

16.20

18.12

17.52

18.63

18.02

17.50

18.55

  

3 children

11.39

13.96

12.60

15.67

14.16

12.69

16.15

  

I-III

3.50

5.26

4.73

5.78

5.01

4.49

5.61

  

IV-VII

19.48

20.54

20.20

20.89

20.43

20.08

20.84

  

VIII-X

28.47

28.48

28.25

28.69

28.52

28.31

28.71

  

Total

17.38

18.33

18.08

18.59

18.23

17.98

18.48

2

Husbands

0 children

36.95

36.96

36.86

37.06

36.93

36.84

37.02

  

1 child

37.04

37.06

36.86

37.27

37.00

36.82

37.17

  

2 children

37.23

37.11

36.83

37.39

37.11

36.90

37.31

  

3 children

34.90

34.80

34.04

35.43

34.77

34.18

35.29

  

I-III

32.40

32.42

32.13

32.66

32.38

32.18

32.60

  

IV-VII

38.36

38.34

38.18

38.50

38.30

38.16

38.43

  

VIII-X

39.58

39.51

39.40

39.59

39.50

39.38

39.60

  

Public

8.84

8.79

8.65

8.94

8.72

8.59

8.84

  

Private

28.09

28.12

27.94

28.28

28.17

28.00

28.33

  

Total

36.94

36.91

36.80

37.01

36.88

36.79

36.97

 

Wives

0 children

18.55

18.68

18.55

18.82

18.60

18.48

18.72

  

1 child

17.87

18.46

18.12

18.82

18.26

17.98

18.56

  

2 children

16.20

17.61

17.11

18.14

17.38

16.90

17.86

  

3 children

11.39

13.48

12.26

15.05

13.31

12.16

14.76

  

I-III

3.50

4.77

4.34

5.25

4.46

4.09

4.86

  

IV-VII

19.48

20.26

19.94

20.55

20.08

19.84

20.38

  

VIII-X

28.47

28.47

28.31

28.63

28.48

28.33

28.64

  

Public

6.73

6.87

6.74

7.00

6.80

6.69

6.90

  

Private

10.65

11.20

11.00

11.40

11.11

10.95

11.29

  

Total

17.38

18.07

17.88

18.25

17.91

17.73

18.09

  1. Notes: Q 5 and Q 95 denote the fifth and ninety-fifth percentiles, respectively, so that (Q 5 ,Q 95 ) is a two sided confidence interval of 90 percent.