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In-Work Policies in Europe : Killing Two Birds with One Stone?
Bargain, Olivier; Orsini, Kristian - 2021
, existing tax-benefit systems and distribution of incomes and wages. These sources of heterogeneity are exploited together with …
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The elasticity of taxable labour income in the Netherlands
Jongen, Egbert L. W.; Stoel, Maaike - 2019
We study the elasticity of taxable labour income in the Netherlands. We use a large and rich data set, including both … marginal tax rates at different segments of the income distribution. For all workers, we find an elasticity of 0.10 in the … find that the elasticity is higher for higher incomes and women. Also, we find that the elasticity of taxable labour income …
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Elasticity determinants of inequality-reducing income taxation
Carbonell-Nicolau, Oriol; Llavador, Humberto G. - In: Journal of economic inequality 19 (2021) 1, pp. 163-183
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Labour-market institutions and the dispersion of wage earnings
Salverda, Wiemer; Checchi, Daniele - 2014
Considering the contribution of the distribution of individual wages and earnings to that of household incomes we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010360090
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Rising U.S. Earnings Inequality and Family Labor Supply : The Covariance Structure of Intrafamily Earnings
Hyslop, Dean Robert - 2010
This paper studies the labor supply contributions to individual and family earnings inequality during the period of rising wage inequality in the early 1980's. Working couples have positively correlated labor market outcomes, which are almost entirely attributable to permanent factors. An...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013149423
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The elasticity of taxable income : new data and estimates for South Africa
Kemp, Johannes Hermanus - 2020
The elasticity of taxable income is a key tax policy parameter that plays an important role in the formulation of tax … phenomenon of 'bracket creep' to produce updated estimates of the elasticity of taxable income for South Africa. Whereas the … tax certificate (IRP5) forms. The elasticity of taxable income is estimated at around 0.4, somewhat higher than the …
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Chapter 12. Gender Inequality
Ponthieux, Sophie; Meurs, Dominique - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 981-1146). 2015
The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews research on gender inequality in access to...
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Earnings responses to even higher taxes
Miao, Dingquan; Selin, Håkan; Söderström, Martin - 2022
We exploit a recent Swedish tax reform, implying higher marginal tax rates for the top 5% of the earnings distribution, to learn about earnings responses in an economy where taxes already are high. Using a simple and graphical cross sectional method, we estimate earnings elasticities in the...
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Tax reform evaluation using nonparametric methods : Sweden 1980 - 1991
Blomquist, Nils Sören; Eklöf, Matias; Newey, Whitney K. - 1997
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Tax reform evaluation using nonparametric methods : Sweden 1980-1991
Blomquist, Nils Sören; Eklöf, Matias; Newey, Whitney K. - 1997
This paper evaluates the tax reforms carried out in Sweden between 1980 and 1991. We use a recently developed nonparametric labor supply function to account for the behavorial responses of the taxed individuals. We decompose the tax reform to study how the separate components influence hours of...
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