기사
Earned Income Tax Credits and Labor Supply: New Evidence from a British Natural Experiment /
- 개인저자
- Leigh, Andrew
- 수록페이지
- 205-224 p.
- 발행일자
- 2007.06.23
- 출판사
- National Tax Association
초록
[영문]With many countries considering the adoption of a system of earned income tax credits, it is useful to analyze how different types of credits affect labor supply and earnings. This paper focuses on a 1999 reform to the UK tax credit system, which increased the value of the credit and reduced the phaseout rate. Using panel data, with individual fixed effects, I compare eligibles and ineligibles within five groups: all individuals; those whose demographic characteristics predict that 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.