Tax Reform, Sector‐specific Labor Supply and Welfare Effects*

B-Tier
Journal: Scandanavian Journal of Economics
Year: 2009
Volume: 111
Issue: 2
Pages: 299-321

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Abstract

This paper focuses in particular on the 1992 tax reform in Norway. In this reform the top marginal tax rates were cut considerably. We find that the impact on overall labor supply is rather modest, but these modest changes shadow for stronger sectoral changes. The tax reform stimulated the women to shift their labor from the public to the private sector and to work longer hours. A calculation of mean compensated variation, calculated within the framework of a random utility model, shows that the richest households benefited far more from the 1992 tax reform than did the poorest households.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:scandj:v:111:y:2009:i:2:p:299-321
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25