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direct taxes, the social benefits and contributions and, in this way, they confirm the estimations obtained by preceding …
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expenditures and three kinds of taxes. The model explains what we basically observe in the data for European countries: relatively …
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In this paper we analyse the impact of distortionary taxes, transfers related to structural nonemployment and … basically observe in the data: (i) higher growth and employment in the US (low taxes and low transfers related to structural non …-employment), (ii) higher growth and employment in Scandinavia (high taxes, but high productive expenditures and low transfers related …
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The EITC is intended to encourage work. But EITC-induced increases in labor supply may drive wages down. I simulate the economic incidence of the EITC. In each scenario that I consider, a large portion of low-income single mothers' EITC payments is captured by employers through reduced wages....
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that, if taxes neces- sary to repay the debt are not lump sum but proportional to income, we have dramatic distorting … effect on the labour supply. The prob- lem is exacerbate once we take into account that the Government set taxes in order to …
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In the period 2001-2004 two major reforms followed in Belgium: a personal income tax reform (2001) and a reform of social security contributions for low skilled employees (2004). Using a discrete hours labor supply model, this paper assesses the impact of these reforms on aggregate labor supply...
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Belgium is characterised by a comparatively high tax wedge. Starting from the end of the 90’s there has been a growing concern over the effect of high labour costs on the employment of low skilled workers. One of the most innovative measures implemented by the federal government is the...
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