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and Belgium, focusing in particular on the reforms carried out in the latter. The potential labor supply effect of the … determining the incentives to take up work; (iii) joint assessment of income for both purposes of taxation and benefit eligibility …
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taxation is concerned, the most substantive recommendation of the Mirrlees Review is a move toward a system of consumption or … expenditure taxation, by exempting the normal return to saving and taxing only excess returns on the same tax schedule as labour … direction for reform is towards more progressive taxation of both labour earnings and capital income, although not necessarily …
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taxation is concerned, the most substantive recommendation of the Mirrlees Review is a move toward a system of consumption or … expenditure taxation, by exempting the "normal return" to saving and taxing only "excess returns" on the same tax schedule as … appropriate direction for reform is towards more progressive taxation of both labour earnings and capital income, although not …
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taxation is concerned, the most substantive recommendation of the Mirrlees Review is a move toward a system of consumption or … expenditure taxation, by exempting the "normal return" to saving and taxing only "excess returns" on the same tax schedule as … appropriate direction for reform is towards more progressive taxation of both labour earnings and capital income, although not …
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This paper examines the optimal schedule of marginal tax rates and the design of earned income tax credits. The analysis is based on a structural labour supply model which incorporates unobserved heterogeneity, fixed costs of work and the detailed non-convexities of the tax and welfare system....
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With many countries considering the adoption of a system of earned income tax credits, it is useful to analyze how different types of credits affect labor supply and earnings. This paper focuses on a 1999 reform to the UK tax credit system, which increased the value of the credit and reduced the...
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This paper estimates the marginal efficiency cost of redistribution (MECR) associated with a demogrant and an in-work benefit for the UK since 1979, taking account of extensive as well as intensive labour supply responses. The principal methodological advance in the paper is its greater...
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. Importantly from a Rawlsian perspective, the identification of the worst o¤ depends on ethical views regarding responsibility for …
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Heterogeneity is likely to be an important determinant of the shape of optimal tax schemes. This article addresses the issue in a model à la Mirrlees with a continuum of agents. The agents differ in their productivities and opportunity costs of work, but their labor supplies depend only on a...
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numerical illustration is given, based on UK data. -- optimal taxation ; heterogeneity ; welfare …
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