Taxation and Labour Supply

Taxation and Labour Supply
Author: C. V. Brown
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2018-12-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0429655851

First published in 1981. This book reports on a decade of research into the effects of taxation on the supply of labour. In addition to their work in making labour supply estimates, the study explores a number of the ways labour supply estimates can be used. When budget constraints are non-linear it is not possible to estimate the effects of (tax) or other policy changes from knowledge of labour supply elasticities alone, and it is necessary to re-estimate the original model used to derive the estimates. The implications of labour supply estimates for the study of inequality and optimal taxation are considered. Macro-economic models of the economy typically omit labour supply functions or include functions which are inconsistent with micro-economic work on labour supply. This book will appeal to academic economists, senior students and policy-makers in the field of public finance and labour economics, who will find much of interest from both the theoretical and policy standpoints.

Labor Supply and Taxation

Labor Supply and Taxation
Author: Richard Blundell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 485
Release: 2016
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0198749805

Presents Richard Blundell's outstanding research on the modern economic analysis of labour markets and public policy reforms and brings together, in revised and integrated form, a number of the author's key papers.

How Does Taxation Affect Hours Worked in EU New Member States?

How Does Taxation Affect Hours Worked in EU New Member States?
Author: Agustin Velasquez
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2019-06-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1498321143

Hours worked vary widely across countries and over time. In this paper, we investigate the role played by taxation in explaining these differences for EU New Member States. By extending a standard growth model with novel data on consumption and labor taxes, we assess the evolution of trends in hours worked over the 1995-2017 period. We find that the inclusion of tax rates in the model significantly improves the tracking of hours. We also estimate the elasticity of hours (and its different margins) to quantify the deadweight loss introduced by consumption and labor taxes. We find that these taxes explain a large share of labor supply differences across EU New Member States and that the potential gains from policy actions are noteworthy.

Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging

Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging
Author: John Piggott
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 1080
Release: 2016-11-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0444634045

Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging synthesizes the economic literature on aging and the subjects associated with it, including social insurance and healthcare costs, both of which are of interest to policymakers and academics. These volumes, the first of a new subseries in the Handbooks in Economics, describe and analyze scholarship created since the inception of serious attention began in the late 1970s, including information from general economics journals, from various field journals in economics, especially, but not exclusively, those covering labor markets and human resource issues, from interdisciplinary social science and life science journals, and from papers by economists published in journals associated with gerontology, history, sociology, political science, and demography, amongst others. - Dissolves the barriers between policymakers and scholars by presenting comprehensive portraits of social and theoretical issues - Synthesizes valuable data on the topic from a variety of journals dating back to the late 1970s in a convenient, comprehensive resource - Presents diverse perspectives on subjects that can be closely associated with national and regional concerns - Offers comprehensive, critical reviews and expositions of the essential aspects of the economics of population aging

How Taxes Affect Economic Behavior

How Taxes Affect Economic Behavior
Author: Henry J. Aaron
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution
Total Pages: 480
Release: 1981
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Conference report on the economic implications of fiscal policy in the USA - examines taxation effects on labour supply, industrial investment in machinery and equipment, financial policy at the enterprise level, financial market prices, capital gains and financial losses, savings, etc. Graphs and references. List of participants. Conference held in Washington 1979 October 18 and 19.

Household Labor Economics

Household Labor Economics
Author: Pierre-André Chiappori
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 896
Release: 2021-01-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781789903539

This Research Collection surveys the main contribution to labor supply decisions within the family. It covers both theory, from the initial 'unitary' model that postulates that the family behaves as a single decision maker, to modern 'collective' approaches that concentrates on differences in preferences and power relationships and empirical applications. Including an original Introduction by the Editors, a special emphasis is placed on dynamic approaches, in particular issues related to intra-household commitment, and on policy implications.

Taxes and Marriage

Taxes and Marriage
Author: Hector Chade
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre:
ISBN:

This article analyzes the effects of differential tax treatment of married and single individuals in the United States on marriage formation and composition, divorce, and labor supply. We develop a marriage-market model with search frictions and heterogeneous agents that is sufficiently rich to capture key elements of the problem under consideration. We then calibrate the model and use it to evaluate the quantitative effects of several tax reforms aimed at making the tax law neutral with respect to marital status. We find that these reforms (i) systematically increase the labor supply of married females, with changes ranging from 0.3 to 10.1 percent; (ii) have substantial effects on the correlation of spouses' incomes, which changes from 0.2 to values between 0.185 and 0.334; (iii) can lead to either an increase or decrease in the fraction of people married, with changes that range from 0.6 to 2.4 percent.

Employee Benefits and Labor Markets in Canada and the United States

Employee Benefits and Labor Markets in Canada and the United States
Author: William T. Alpert
Publisher: W. E. Upjohn Institute
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Explores the impact that the provision of various types of employee benefits has on labor markets in the US and Canada. Part I focuses on the relationship between employee benefits and labor supply, and Part II examines employee benefits and labor demand issues. Part III considers the implications of employee benefits for worker turnover, wages, and equity, and Part IV focuses on pensions and public policy toward retirement income. Specific topics include fringe benefits and employment, payroll taxation, child care and the supply of labor, and public and private pensions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Labor Supply and Taxation

Labor Supply and Taxation
Author: Richard Blundell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2016-03-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0191066745

This volume presents Richard Blundell's outstanding research on the modern economic analysis of labor markets and public policy reforms. Professor Blundell's hugely influential work has enhanced greatly our understanding of how individuals' behavior on the labor market respond to taxation and social policy influence. Edited by IZA, this volume brings together the author's key papers, some co-authored and some unpublished, with new introductions and an epilogue. It covers some of the main research insights in the study of labor supply. The question of how individuals adapt their behavior in response to policy changes is one of the most investigated topics in empirical labor and public economics. Do people reduce their working hours if governments decide to raise taxes? Might they even withdraw completely from the labor market? Labor supply estimations are extensively used for various policy analyses and economic research. Labor supply elasticities are key information when evaluating tax-benefit policy reforms and their effect on tax revenue, employment, and redistribution. The chapters cover empirical and theoretical developments as well as applications to tax and welfare reform, and each represents a substantive research contribution from Blundell's publications in top research outlets.

Tax Policy and Labor Market Performance

Tax Policy and Labor Market Performance
Author: Jonas Agell
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0262012294

Other chapters examine the effects of tax reforms, including the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the wage-increasing effects of progressive income taxes in a highly unionized labor market. Finally, the contributors analyze the effects of employment protection and tax penalties on the growth of the underground economy. The insights offered in these studies will be valuable to the policy analyst as well as to the academic theorist