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Partisan tax policy and income inequality in the US, 1979 - 2007

Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Immervoll, Herwig; … - 2013

We assess the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality by applying a new decomposition method that allows us to disentangle the direct policy effect from the effect of changing market incomes. Over the whole period 1979-2007 the cumulative tax policy effect aggravated income inequality...

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The impact of opportunity zones on commercial investment and economic activity

Corinth, Kevin; Feldman, Naomi - 2022

the United States called Opportunity Zones (OZs). The goal of this provision was to spur private investment in OZs in … the impact of OZs on commercial investment and economic activity. Using data on the universe of all significant commercial … investments in the United States, we find that OZ selection led to practically no increase in investment in OZs. These findings …

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Does the wealth tax kill jobs?

Bjørneby, Marie; Markussen, Simen; Røed, Knut - 2020

tax imposed on owners of small and medium sized businesses affects their firms' investment and employment decisions …

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Evaluation of a tax reform : a model with measurement error

Euwals, Rob (contributor) - 2006

Parts of the Dutch tax reform 2001 are directed towards fiscal partners in a household and aim at lowering the marginal tax burden of the partner with the lowest (potential) labour income. An important goal of the reform is to increase the employment rate of these partners, which are in majority...

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Quantifying optimal growth policy

Grossmann, Volker; Steger, Thomas M.; Trimborn, Timo - 2010

The optimal mix of growth policies is derived within a comprehensive endogenous growth model. The analysis captures important elements of the tax-transfer system and takes into account transitional dynamics. Currently, for calculating corporate taxable income US firms are allowed to deduct...

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Labor supply with social interactions : econometric estimates and their tax policy implications

Grodner, Andrew (contributor); … - 2007

Our econometric research allows for a possible response of a person's hours worked to hours typically worked by members of a multidimensional labor market reference group that considers demographics and geographic location. Instrumental variables estimates of the canonical labor supply model...

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Optimal redistributive taxation with both extensive and intensive responses

Jacquet, Laurence; Lehmann, Etienne; Van der Linden, Bruno - 2010

This paper characterizes optimal income taxation when individuals respond along both the intensive and extensive margins. Individuals are heterogeneous across two dimensions: specifically, their skill and disutility of participation. Preferences over consumption and work effort can differ with...

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Taxing women : a macroeconomic analysis

Guner, Nezih; Kaygusuz, Remzi; Ventura, Gustavo - 2011

Based on well-known evidence on labor supply elasticities, several authors have concluded that women should be taxed at lower rates than men. We evaluate the quantitative implications of taxing women at a lower rate than men. Relative to the current system of taxation, setting a proportional tax...

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An evaluation of the employment effects of barriers to outsourcing

Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Marjit, Sugata; Yang, Lei - 2011

Barriers to outsourcing that are being currently implemented in the US effectively tax its companies who "export" jobs through outsourcing. The objective is to raise domestic employment. Given that many of the important international markets where the US has a comparative advantage feature...

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Long-term changes in married couples' labor supply and taxes : evidence from the US and Europe since the 1980s

Bick, Alexander; Brüggemann, Bettina; … - 2018

We document the time-series of employment rates and hours worked per employed by married couples in the US and seven European countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the UK) from the early 1980s through 2016. Relying on a model of joint household labor supply...

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