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Finances of the Nation: Is the CWB Enhancement Achieving Its Dual Objective of Supporting Income and Incentivizing Work? The Effects for Couples in Ontario and Quebec

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  • Luc Godbout

    (Université de Sherbrooke)

  • Suzie St-Cerny

    (Université de Sherbrooke)

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In this article, Luc Godbout and Suzie St-Cerny focus on the effects of enhancing the Canada workers benefit (CWB) in 2021. More specifically, they seek to determine whether, for couples in Ontario and Quebec, the enhancement served to render work more rewarding (by lowering effective marginal tax rates) and to provide better income support for low-income workers (by increasing disposable income). The authors show that, while the objective of income support was achieved, the results for the objective of work incentivization were mixed, depending largely on a couple's family income level and working income split. The authors suggest how the CWB might be reformed to better fulfill its role in incentivizing work.

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  • Luc Godbout & Suzie St-Cerny, 2023. "Finances of the Nation: Is the CWB Enhancement Achieving Its Dual Objective of Supporting Income and Incentivizing Work? The Effects for Couples in Ontario and Quebec," Canadian Tax Journal, Canadian Tax Foundation, vol. 71(2), pages 523-541.
    • Handle: RePEc:ctf:journl:v:71:y:2023:i:2:p:523-541
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32721/ctj.2023.71.2.fon
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