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In this paper we develop a discrete model of optimal taxation of married couples and empirically discuss the optimality of income taxation for this group. To this end, we derive the social welfare function which guarantees that joint taxation of married couples is optimal. We will contrast this...
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We decompose earnings risk into contributions from hours and wage shocks. To distinguish between hours shocks, modeled … shocks explain 31% of total risk, permanent hours shocks 21%. Progressive taxation attenuates cross-sectional earnings risk …
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By using a bunching design on rich administrative tax records from Uruguay's tax agency we explore how individual taxpayers respond to personal income taxation in a context with high sheltering opportunities. We estimate a moderated elasticity of taxable income in the first kink point (0.16)...
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A new paradigm for transport economists has been established: revenues of a welfare-maximising road tax should be employed to reduce the level of a distortionary income tax. An essential modelling assumption to reach this conclusion is that the number of workdays is optimally chosen, whereas...
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This paper looks at the joint impact of labour market risk and selection in to the labour market on returns to … education. Accounting for non-employment risk leads to substantial changes in returns while wage risk has little impact. The … risk- adjusted returns to both high school and college for males are larger than unadjusted returns. For females, risk …
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