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Labour supply, welfare and the earnings distribution

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  • John Creedy

    (University of Melbourne)

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This paper examines the generation of earnings distributions using a labour supply framework in which individuals face piecewise-linear budget constraints. The possible implications for the distribution of earnings within a population consisting of single individuals having a joint distribution of wage rates and preferences are considered. Attention is given to the form of the distribution in terms of the number and position of modes and antimodes, and their relationship with the structure of taxes and transfers. Since it is necessary to obtain the optimal labour supply for a large number of individuals, attention is also given to the efficient computation of local optima for a tax structure having any number of effective marginal tax rates.

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  • John Creedy, 2000. "Labour supply, welfare and the earnings distribution," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 4(3), pages 134-151, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ozl:journl:v:4:y:2001:i:3:p:134-151
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    1. John Creedy, 2010. "Personal Income Tax Structure: Theory and Policy," Chapters, in: Iris Claus & Norman Gemmell & Michelle Harding & David White (ed.), Tax Reform in Open Economies, chapter 7, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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    Keywords

    Time Allocation; Work Behaviour; Employment Determination and Creation; Taxation; Subsidies; and Revenue; Externalities; Redistributive Effects of Economic Agents: General;
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    JEL classification:

    • J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
    • H30 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - General

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