developing countries. -- Social policy ; Poverty reduction ; Labor Supply ; Earnings ; Savings ; Expenditure ; Stone …

This paper examines the response of husbands' and wives' earnings to a tax reform in which husbands' and wives' tax …. Standard econometric approaches may substantially mis-estimate earnings responses to taxation. …

This paper examines the response of husbands' and wives' earnings to a tax reform in which husbands' and wives' tax …. Standard econometric specifications may substantially mis-estimate earnings responses to taxation. …

different types of credits affect labor supply and earnings. This paper focuses on a 1999 reform to the UK tax credit system … they will have low earnings; single women; women in couples; and men in couples. Over a 15-month period, boosting the … credit appears to have raised the labor participation rates, hours, and earnings of those who were eligible to receive it. …

A central justification for social insurance and for other policies aimed at retirement savings is that individuals may … payroll taxes and other withholding to fund retirement savings as akin to an income tax, while largely ignoring the distant …, making savings-promotion policies much more costly than appreciated. Or consider what may be the labor supply implications …

theoretically predicted earnings bunching and flipping over a remarkably wide range of wage rates. Saving distortions can be equally … earnings of lower-wage spouses relative to that of higher-wage spouses. The GLO can be applied to assess a country's or state …