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The Impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Purchases and Consumption by Adults and Children
Cawley, John - 2018
In recent years, numerous U.S. cities have enacted taxes on sweetened beverages, but there is relatively little evidence about the effects of these taxes on purchases and consumption. In this paper, we examine the effects of the beverage tax of 1.5 cents per ounce that was implemented in...
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The Pass-Through of the Largest Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages : The Case of Boulder, Colorado
Cawley, John - 2018
We estimate the incidence of a relatively new type of excise tax, a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). We examine the largest such tax to date, which is two cents per ounce, in Boulder, CO. Using data that were hand-collected from stores and restaurants in both Boulder and two control...
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Should We Tax Sugar-Sweetened Beverages? An Overview of Theory and Evidence
Allcott, Hunt - 2019
Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages are growing in popularity and have generated an active public debate. Are they a good idea? If so, how high should they be? Are such taxes regressive? People in the U.S. and some other countries consume remarkable quantities of sugar-sweetened beverages, and...
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Tariff Incidence : Evidence from U.S. Sugar Duties, 1890-1930
Irwin, Douglas A. - 2014
Direct empirical evidence on whether domestic consumers or foreign exporters bear the burden of a country's import duties is scarce. This paper examines the incidence of U.S. sugar duties using a unique set of high-frequency (weekly, and sometimes daily) data on the landed and the duty-inclusive...
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Outside Options, Coercion, and Wages : Removing the Sugar Coating
Dippel, Christian - 2015
In economies with a large informal sector firms can increase profits by reducing workers' outside options in that informal sector. We formalize this idea in a simple model of an agricultural economy with plantation owners who lobby the government to enact coercive policies—e.g. the eviction...
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Who Benefits from Calorie Labeling? An Analysis of its Effects on Body Mass
Deb, Partha - 2016
This study uses county-level variation in implementation of calorie labeling laws in the US to identify the effects of such laws on body mass. Using the 2003 to 2012 waves of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we find a statistically insignificant average treatment effect for women...
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The Incidence of Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages : The Case of Berkeley, California
Cawley, John - 2015
Obesity and diet-related chronic disease are increasing problems worldwide. In response, many governments have enacted or are considering taxes on energy-dense foods. Perhaps the most commonly-recommended policy is a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). This paper estimates the extent to...
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Temporary Help Services Employment in Portugal, 1995-2000
Böheim, René - 2010
THS. Linked employer-employee data for Portugal enable us to account for observable as well as unobservable worker quality …
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The Timing of Labor Demand
Cardoso, Ana Rute - 2008
Portugal from 1995-2004, we describe temporal patterns of firms' demand for labor and estimate production-functions and …
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The China Shock and Employment in Portuguese Firms
Branstetter, Lee - 2019
This paper considers the effects of Chinese import competition on firm-level labor market outcomes in Portugal. We … examine direct competition in the Portuguese market and indirect competition Portugal's largest export markets in Western … export markets, but minimal effects of direct competition in Portugal. Our findings also suggest a centrally important role …
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