Guided by a simple theory of task assignment and time allocation, we investigate the long run response to national … differences in tax rates on labor income, payrolls and consumption. The theory implies that higher tax rates reduce work time in …

wages, and the issue of how the existence of task structures, or career ladders, affect wages becomes paramount. Using data … artifact of the data rather than an accurate description of the world. -- wages ; plant size ; occupational hierarchies …