The 1980s tax reforms and the changing dispersion of wages offer one the best opportunities yet to estimate labour supply effects. Nevertheless, changing sample composition, aggregate shocks, the changing composition of the tax paying population, and dicontinuities in the tax system create serious identification and estimation problems. We develop grouping estimators that address these issues. Our results reveal positive and moderately sized wage elasticities. We also find negative income effects for women with children.
The Frisch Medal was awarded to Richard Blundell, Alan Duncan, and Costas Meghir in 2000 for this paper.
Authors
Alan Duncan
CPP Co-Director
Richard is Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) and Senior Research Fellow at IFS.
Research Fellow Yale University
Costas is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Economics at Yale University and a Visiting Professor at University College London.
Journal article details
- Publisher
- Econometric Society
- Issue
- July 1998
Suggested citation
R, Blundell and A, Duncan and C, Meghir. (1998). 'Estimating labour supply responses using tax reforms' (1998)
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