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Work Incentives and the Two-Earner Deduction

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  • Jane H. Leuthold

    (University of Illinois)

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One consequence of the two-earner deduction is to lower the marginal tax rate on the first dollar earned by secondary workers and to encourage their labor force participation. This study estimates the potential impact of the two-earner deduction on the probability of labor force participation by married women and tests the sensitivity of labor force participation levels to changes in the rate of deduction. Probit estimates of a labor force probability model suggest that the two-earner deduction increases the probability that a married woman work outside the home and that the effect is stronger the higher the deduction rate and the greater the after-tax income of the husband. Data for the study were drawn from the 1979 Michigan Survey of Income Dynamics.

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  • Jane H. Leuthold, 1985. "Work Incentives and the Two-Earner Deduction," Public Finance Review, , vol. 13(1), pages 63-73, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pubfin:v:13:y:1985:i:1:p:63-73
    DOI: 10.1177/109114218501300104
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    1. Rose M. Rubin & Bobye J. Riney & Todd Johansen, 1987. "Tax Effects on the Net Income of Wives in Dual-Earner Households, 1980–1983," Public Finance Review, , vol. 15(4), pages 441-459, October.
    2. James Alm & Stacy Dickert-Conlin & Leslie A. Whittington, 1999. "Policy Watch: The Marriage Penalty," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 13(3), pages 193-204, Summer.

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