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The US earned income tax credit, its effects, and possible reforms
Meyer, Bruce D. - 2008
In this paper, I first summarize how the US Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) operates and describe the characteristics … of recipients. I then discuss empirical work on the effects of the EITC on poverty and income distribution, and its … effects on labor supply. Next, I discuss a few policy concerns about the EITC: possible negative effects on hours of work and …
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The effect of age-targeted tax credits on retirement behavior
Laun, Lisa - 2012
This paper analyzes the effect of two age-targeted policy initiatives to delay retirement that were simultaneously implemented in Sweden in 2007: an earned income tax credit and a payroll tax credit. Both policies were targeted at workers aged 65 or above at the beginning of the tax year. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321154
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In-work benefits across Europe
Laun, Lisa - 2019
In-work benefits, often in the form of earned income tax credits (EITCs), have become increasingly popular over the last decades. Early versions of in-work benefits in the US, the UK and Ireland, primarily motivated as a poverty alleviation measure, have been followed by a large expansion of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012039323
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She works hard for the money: Tackling low pay in sectors dominated by women. Evidence from health and social care
Müller, Torsten - 2019
This working paper provides data confirming that workers in lower-skilled health and social care assistant positions earn considerably less than the national average wage in their country. The publication argues that the wage penalty for working in female-dominated sectors and occupations such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565907
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Filling in the blanks: How does information about the Swedish EITC affect labour supply?
Nyman, Pär; Aggeborn, Linuz; Ahlskog, Rafael - 2022
distribute a leaflet about the Swedish Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and then study the effects with registry data. More … specifically, we focus on the household decision to allocate between labour income and parental leave payments. The EITC, it bears … noting, applies to the former but not to the latter. The construction of the Swedish EITC generates a strong economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013394345
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Evaluation of the Swedish earned income tax credit
Edmark, Karin; Liang, Che-Yuan; Mörk, Eva; Selin, Håkan - 2012
EITC-reform. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321136
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Evaluation of the Swedish earned income tax credit
Edmark, Karin; Liang, Che-Yuan; Mörk, Eva; Selin, Håkan - 2012
EITC-reform. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321436
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Marginal tax rates and tax-favoured pension savings of the self-employed: Evidence from Sweden
Selin, Håkan - 2009
In recent years, the study of how individuals respond to policies that aim at promoting pension savings has emerged as a vital area of economic research. This paper adds to this literature by estimating the tax price elasticity of contributions to tax-favoured pension savings accounts on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321426
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The marginal propensity to earn, consume and save out of unearned income in South Africa
Bengtsson, Niklas - 2010
We use a rapid introduction of an unconditional cash grant (child support) in South Africa to estimate the marginal propensity to consume and earn out of a permanent change in unearned income. We find that the marginal propensity to earn is about to -0.25 for single-adult households, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321432
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The effects of marginal employment on subsequent labour market outcomes
Böheim, René; Weber, Andrea - 2006
We analyse the consequences of starting a wage subsidised job, marginal employment, for unemployed workers. Marginal employment is a type of wage subsidy paid to unemployed workers and they do not lose their unemployment benefits if the wage is below a certain threshold. We ask if the unemployed...
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