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Marginal Tax Rates and Income Inequality in a Life-Cycle Model

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David Altig
Charles T. Carlstrom

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In this paper we study the quantitative impact of marginal tax rates on the distribution of income. Our methodology builds on computable general-equilibrium framework. We find that distortions from marginal tax rate changes of the sort implied by the Tax Reform Act of 1986 have sizable effects on income inequality in a reasonably quantified life-cycle setting: In our model rate changes alone capture half the increase in the pretax Gini that actually occurred between 1984 and 1989.

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Volume (Year): 89 (1999)
Issue (Month): 5 (December)
Pages: 1197-1215
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