Recent microeconometric studies of taxpayers' responsiveness to taxation have shown that
intensive margin labor supply and earnings elasticities typically are modest and sometimes …

The elasticity of taxable income is a key parameter in tax policy analysis. To examine the
large variation found in the literature of taxable and broad income elasticities, I conduct a …

I analyze the effect of income tax policy changes on labor force participation of older
workers. I exploit two age-targeted policy initiatives to promote work at older ages …

The Nordic model relies on high tax rates to finance an extensive welfare state. If labour
supply elasticities are large, the burden of financing the model can be large even if …

We exploit a recent Swedish tax reform, implying higher marginal tax rates for the top 5% of
the earnings distribution, to learn about earnings responses to higher taxes. Using a simple …

This paper problematises the perception that enhanced competition within the Swedish
residential construction sector offers a panacea to rising building costs and deteriorating …

An expression for the Laffer curve for high incomes is derived, assuming a constant Pareto
parameter and elasticity of taxable income. The peak of this Laffer curve is given by the well …

It is common knowledge that crisis also signifies opportunity and opens spaces for change.
When responding to the current economic crisis, is urban planning seizing this opportunity …

Tax and benefit systems play an important role in determining work incentives at both the
extensive and the intensive margin of labour supply. The aim of this paper is to provide a …

This paper analyzes the extensive-margin labor-supply effects of a Swedish earned income
tax credit introduced in 2007. The reform was one of the government's flagship reforms to …