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per cent between 2008 and 2011, but the greatest losses were strongly concentrated on the bottom and top deciles. Tax …
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While there is an extensive literature on tax evasion a further aspect of cheating on the state, namely benefit fraud … differences between benefit fraud and tax evasion due to differing social norms. We define the concepts of benefit morale and tax … large micro data set of respondents from 29 OECD member countries, shows that benefit morale and tax morale have different …
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to low skill use and insufficient skill maintenance later on in life. High marginal tax rates and generous benefit … systems reduce labor force participation rates and hours worked and thereby lower the utilization rate of human capital. Tax …
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Training funds are used to incentivize training in developing countries, but the funds are based on payroll taxes that lower the return to training. In the absence of training funds, larger, high-wage and more capital intensive firms are the most likely to offer training unless they are...
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In this paper we examine the fertility experience of immigrants during their first years in Canada. Fertility decisions …
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We consider changes in the distribution of hourly compensation in Canada using confidential census data and the recent …
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Using longitudinal data for Canada, we analyze the incidence and wage returns to employer supported course enrollment …
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women using data from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics 1996-2005. We use the Canadian Tax and Credit Simulator … (CTaCS) and detailed information on the structure of income at the household level to compute the marginal tax rates faced by … each individual. We then use these marginal tax rates to compute net own-wage, spouse-wage, and non-labour income. We show …
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retirement behaviour in Canada. We also investigate trends in work after retirement. Our findings are in line with findings from …
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There is a concern that ordered responses on health questions may differ across populations or even across subgroups of a population. This reporting heterogeneity may invalidate group comparisons and measures of health inequality. This paper proposes a test for differential reporting in ordered...
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