Olovsson, Conny - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), … - 2004
show that differences in policy - mainly taxes – can account for the discrepancy in labor supply between Sweden and the U ….S. Moreover, even though the elasticity of labor supply is rather low for individual households, labor taxes are estimated to be …, the trends for both taxes and actual hours worked are basically flat. This is also true for hours worked in the model. …