Berg, Kristoffer; Håvarstein, Morten; Stubhaug, Magnus E. - 2024
Surveys and experiments suggest that people hold workers more responsible for income gains stemming from merit, such as … education, than circumstances, such as parental education. This paper shows how to design income taxes that account for merits …-run Norwegian income and family relations register data to examine the relationship between merit and income. Third, we simulate …