Boosting paychecks in America -- The political origins of federal taxes on individual income -- The political origins of the federal minimum wage -- Reagan, Bush, and a new era in the politics of boosting paychecks -- Clinton and the fight over tax relief for the working poor or the middle class...

The principal means by which individuals and families achieve economic self-sufficiency is through labor market earnings. As a consequence, it is natural for policy makers to look to interventions that increase the ability of individuals and families to achieve an adequate standard of living...

In diesem Bericht werden die Einkommenssteuersätze und Steuervergünstigungen verschiedener Länder verglichen. Dabei wird der Einfluß der Einkommenssteuerhöhe und des Kinderfreibetrags auf die Arbeitsmarktentwicklung untersucht.