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This paper is concerned with the measurement of individual welfare in labour supply models which allow for the impact of income taxation and income support schemes on labour supply decisions. The paper is motivated by the concern over the need to have measures which can be interpreted easily,...
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Labor economics often assumes that wages w are equal to the marginal revenue product of labor MRP L. However, recent … literature has shown that firms' market power allows them to pay wages substantially below marginal productivity. The markdown … workers' heterogeneous preferences over jobs that differ in wages and amenities. Finally, in search and matching models, it …
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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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advantage of tax differentials. The extent of this activity can be captured by the tax elasticity of border sales (TEBS). We …
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This study contributes to the female labor supply responsiveness literature by measuring the effect of tax-benefit policies on female labor supply based on a broad sample of 26 European countries in 2005-2010. The tax-benefit microsimulation model EUROMOD is used to calculate the measure of...
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This study contributes to the female labor supply responsiveness literature by measuring the effect of tax-benefit policies on female labor supply based on a broad sample of 26 European countries in 2005-2010. The tax-benefit microsimulation model EUROMOD is used to calculate a measure of work...
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In line with the Earned Income Tax Credit in the United States and the Working Family Tax Credit in the United Kingdom, the Flemish government implemented in 2007 a similar in-work tax credit in order to increase the employment rate and to make working financially more attractive. This paper...
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In this study, the household labour supply is modelled as a discrete choice problem assuming that preference for leisure and consumption can be described by a quadratic utility function which allows for non-convexities in the budget set. We assess behavioural responses to the significant changes...
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