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On the role of unobserved preference Heterogeneity in discrete choice Models of labour supply

Pacifico, Daniele - Dipartimento del Tesoro, Ministero dell'Economia e … - 2014

The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact of unobserved preference heterogeneity in empirical applications of discrete choice models of labour supply. Typically, unobserved heterogeneity is estimated either with continuous or discrete mixture models. However, in order to avoid estimation...

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Labor Supply Responses of Italian Women to Minimum Income Policies

Mancini, Anna Laura - 2016

Minimum income policies are policies aimed at guarantee all citizens with a minimum level of income and at fighting social exclusion typically associated with extreme poverty. Theoretically, their main shortcoming is the disincentive effect on labour market participation they could generate in...

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Comparing in-work benefits and financial work incentives for low-income families in the US and the UK

Brewer, Mike - 2000

combination of in-work benefits and welfare benefits produces a theoretical budget constraint with good financial incentives for … lone parents to take a minimum wage job, but poor incentives to increase earnings beyond that. Help with housing costs and … childcare costs reduce financial work incentives in both countries. Two further factors make direct comparisons of financial …

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Redistribution within the tax-benefit system in Austria

Christl, Michael; Köppl-Turyna, Monika; Lorenz, Hanno; … - 2020

The aim of this study is to analyze redistribution within the Austrian tax-benefit system. In this work we take a comprehensive view and include not only direct taxation and cash benefits, but also indirect taxes and in-kind transfers. We look at two kinds of redistribution: between the...

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Redistribution within the tax-benefit system in Austria

Christl, Michael; Köppl-Turyna, Monika; Lorenz, Hanno; … - 2020

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Capital income taxation and the mirrlees review

Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2012

The Mirrlees Review of the UK tax system, together with its companion volume of research papers, can be expected to influence future discussions of tax reform. Indeed, this can already be recognised in the Henry Review. As far as income taxation is concerned, the most substantive recommendation...

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As SIMPL As That: Introducing a Tax-BenefitMicrosimulation Model for Poland

Bargain, Olivier; Morawski, Leszek; Myck, Michal; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

The Polish tax and benefit system is presented in the context of a recently developedmicrosimulation model, SIMPL. The model allows simulating direct taxes, social contributionsand public benefits in Poland for the years 2003 and 2005...>br>

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The effects of a hybrid negative income tax on poverty and inequality : a microsimulation on the UK and Italy

Tromp, Alexander - 2017

tax rates would be necessary to pay for such a scheme. The models are applied to both Italy and the United Kingdom. The … unrealistically high tax rates, especially for Italy. The impact on poverty and inequality of the HNIT scheme is markedly higher for … Italy in both scenarios suggesting that the United Kingdom has currently a social protection system in place that …

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A formula for the optimal taxation in Probabilistic Voting Models characterized by Single Mindedness

Canegrati, Emanuele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This work intends to specify a formula for the optimal taxation in Probabilistic Voting Models with Single Mindedness Theory. The goal is to find an equivalent expression to the Ramsey’s rule for a political economy environment where Governments are assumed to be Leviathans rather than...

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Money vs. time: Family income, maternal labor supply, and child development

Agostinelli, Francesco; Sorrenti, Giuseppe - 2021

This paper analyzes the relationship between work-promoting policies and child development. First, we provide new comprehensive evidence of the unintended consequences for child development of the Earned Income Tax Credit expansions during the 1990s in the United States. Second, our...

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