The impact of labor taxes on labor supply : an international perspective

Richard Rogerson

As the Bush-era tax cuts are set to expire in 2010, ambitious health care legislation is moving through Congress, and entitlement programs are growing at unsustainable rates, U.S. policymakers face important questions about the optimal size and scope of federal spending. The federal government finances its spending through labor taxes, including taxes on income, payroll, and consumption-taxes that generate significant disincentives for employment. In Taxes, Transfers, and Labor Supply: An International Perspective, Richard Rogerson contends that the unintended consequences of increased labor t

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Year of publication:	c2010
Authors:	Rogerson, Richard Donald
Publisher:	Washington, D.C : AEI Press
Subject:	Arbeitsangebot \| Labour supply \| Lohnsteuer \| Wage tax \| Steuerwirkung \| Tax effects \| Theorie \| Theory \| Einkommensteuer \| Income tax
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com]

Extent:	Online-Ressource (xii, 113 p) ill
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references Cover; Dedication Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1. Labor Taxes and Hours of Work: Some Theory; The Textbook Model of Labor Supply; A Diagrammatic Representation of the Consumption-Leisure Trade-Off; Income and Substitution Effects; Analyzing Tax Policy; The Social Cost of Higher Taxes; The Laffer Curve; Additional Tax Instruments; Additional Spending Policies; Summary; 2. Labor Taxes and Hours of Work: Where to Look for Evidence?; How do we Know what we Think we Know?; Experimental Data from the Economy; Summary 3. Taxes, Government Spending, and Hours of Work in the United StatesU.S. Tax Rates on Labor; Properties of Government Spending in the United States; Hours of Work in the United States; Summary; 4. What we Learn from the U.S. Experience; The Missing Factor; Home Production and Labor Supply; Changes in Home and Market Work; Reassessing the Relationship between Labor Taxes and Market Work; Summary; 5. What we Learn from the Experience of Other Countries; Labor Taxes in the OECD; Hours Worked in the OECD; Changes in Taxes and Changes in Hours of Work; Cultural Differences Other Explanations for Differences in Hours WorkedSupporting Evidence: Home versus Market Production; The Netherlands; Summary; 6. Understanding Scandinavia; The Importance of How the Government Spends; Summary; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; References; About the Author Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	0-8447-4355-0 ; 0-8447-4356-9 ; 978-0-8447-4355-4 ; 978-0-8447-4356-1 ; 978-0-8447-4357-8 ; 978-0-8447-4355-4
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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