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References for How responsive is the labor market to tax policy?
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Further reading
- Brewer, M., Saez, E., Shephard, A. "Means-testing and tax rates on earnings" In: Mirrlees, J. (ed). Dimensions of Tax Design. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Carneiro, P. M., Heckman, J. J. "Human capital policy" In: Heckman, J. J., Krueger, A. B. (eds). Inequality in America: What Role for Human Capital Policies?. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003.
- Chetty, R., Friedman, J., Saez, E. Using Differences in Knowledge across Neighborhoods to Uncover the Impacts of the EITC on Earnings NBER Working Paper, 2012.
- Meghir, C., Phillips, D. "Labour supply and taxes" In: Mirrlees, J., Adam, S., Besley, T., Blundell, R., Bond, S., Chote, R., Gammie, M., Johnson, P., Myles, G., Poterba, J. (eds). Dimensions of Tax Design: The Mirrlees Review. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press for Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2010.
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Key references
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Blundell, R., Bozio, A., Laroque, G. "Labor supply and the
extensive margin" American Economic
Review 101:3 (2011): 482–486. Key reference: [1]
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Gruber, J., Wise, D. A. Social Security and
Retirement around the World. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1999. Key reference: [2]
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Blundell, R., Costa-Dias, M., Meghir, C., Shaw, J. Female labour
supply, human capital, and welfare reform IZA Discussion
Paper, 2013-05. Key reference: [3]
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Blundell, R., Macurdy, T. "Labor supply: A
review of alternative approaches" In: Ashenfelter, O., Card, D. (eds). Handbook of Labor
Economics. Amsterdam: North Holland, 1999. Key reference: [4]
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Keane, M., Rogerson, R. "Micro and macro
labor supply elasticities: A reassessment of conventional
wisdom" Journal of Economic
Literature 50:2 (2012): 464–476. Key reference: [5]
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Saez, E. "Do taxpayers bunch
at kink points?" American Economic
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Blundell, R. "Tax policy reform:
The role of empirical evidence" Journal of the
European Economic Association 10:1 (2012): 43–77. Key reference: [7]
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Heckman, J. J., Lochner, L., Taber, C. "Tax policy and
human-capital formation" American Economic
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Slemrod, J., Kopczuk, W. "The optimal
elasticity of taxable income" Journal of Public
Economics 84:1 (2002): 91–112. Key reference: [9]
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Mirrlees, J., Adam, S., Besley, T., Blundell, R., Bond, S., Chote, R., Gammie, M., Johnson, P., Myles, G., Poterba, J. (eds). Mirrlees Review: Vol
II: Tax by Design. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2011. Key reference: [10]
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Blundell, R., Bozio, A., Laroque, G. "Labor supply and the
extensive margin" American Economic
Review 101:3 (2011): 482–486.
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Additional References
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