Experimental Design, the Conlisk-Watts Assignment Model, and the Proper Estimation of Behavioral Response

Results from the Seattle and Denver Income Maintenance Experiments are used to predict nationwide labor-supply effects and costs of six alternative negative income tax programs. To make the predictions, a labor-supply model parameterizing the experimental treatments is estimated using...

An analysis of the effects of a negative income tax (NIT) program on fertility is presented in this paper. The model developed indicates that an NIT has three direct effects on fertility: (1) an income effect, (2) a direct subsidy effect, and (3) cost-of-time effects due to the higher tax rate...