Micro and macro elasticities in a life cycle model with taxes

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Economic Theory
Year: 2009
Volume: 144
Issue: 6
Pages: 2277-2292

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We build a life cycle model of labor supply that incorporates changes along both the intensive and extensive margin and use it to assess the consequences of changes in tax and transfer policies on equilibrium hours of work. We find that changes in taxes have large aggregate effects on hours of work. Moreover, we find that there is no inconsistency between this result and the empirical finding of small labor elasticities for prime age workers. In our model, micro and macro elasticities are effectively unrelated. Our model is also consistent with other cross-country patterns.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jetheo:v:144:y:2009:i:6:p:2277-2292
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29