This paper offers a first empirical investigation of how labor taxation (income and payroll taxes) affects individuals …

In this paper we argue that, for a given overall level of labour income taxation, a more progressive tax schedule … on a panel of 21 OECD countries over 1998-2008. Controlling for the burden of taxation at the average wage, our estimates … are confirmed when we account for the potential endogeneity of both average taxation and progressivity. Overall, our …

This paper argues that, for a given overall level of labour income taxation, a more progressive tax schedule reduces … these theoretical predictions on a panel of 21 OECD countries over 1998-2008. Controlling for the burden of taxation at the … average wage, we show that a more progressive taxation reduces the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. These …

. The results suggest that countries with individual rather than joint taxation, and which support families through improved …