Pub Date : 2022-10-06DOI: 10.1007/s10797-022-09756-8
Bas Jacobs, Uwe Thuemmel
This paper studies how linear tax and education policy should optimally respond to skill-biased technical change (SBTC). SBTC affects optimal taxes and subsidies by changing (1) direct distributional benefits of each policy instrument, (2) indirect, general-equilibrium effects on wages, and (3) education distortions. Analytically, the effect of SBTC on these three components is shown to be ambiguous. In simulations for the US economy, SBTC makes the optimal tax system more progressive and lowers optimal education subsidies. This is because for both income taxes and education subsidies; their direct distributional effects become more important, which more than offsets the larger general-equilibrium effects and increased education distortions.
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Pub Date : 2022-09-28DOI: 10.1007/s10797-022-09765-7
Tomi Kyyrä
Many countries have a two-tiered unemployment compensation system that provides earnings-related unemployment insurance for a limited period of time and less generous unemployment assistance thereafter. This study evaluates the effects of a reform in Finland that increased the level of unemployment assistance by 22%. The reform led to a drop of 9% in the unemployment exit hazard, which can be attributed to fewer exits to both employment and inactivity. The implied elasticities suggest that a 10% increase in unemployment assistance reduces the unemployment exit hazard by 4% and the job-finding hazard by 6%. These effects are relatively small compared to the existing evidence on the effects of unemployment insurance benefits.
{"title":"The effects of unemployment assistance on unemployment exits","authors":"Tomi Kyyrä","doi":"10.1007/s10797-022-09765-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-022-09765-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Many countries have a two-tiered unemployment compensation system that provides earnings-related unemployment insurance for a limited period of time and less generous unemployment assistance thereafter. This study evaluates the effects of a reform in Finland that increased the level of unemployment assistance by 22%. The reform led to a drop of 9% in the unemployment exit hazard, which can be attributed to fewer exits to both employment and inactivity. The implied elasticities suggest that a 10% increase in unemployment assistance reduces the unemployment exit hazard by 4% and the job-finding hazard by 6%. These effects are relatively small compared to the existing evidence on the effects of unemployment insurance benefits.</p>","PeriodicalId":47518,"journal":{"name":"International Tax and Public Finance","volume":"48 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138513035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-15DOI: 10.1007/s10797-022-09761-x
Erin Cottle Hunt, F. Caliendo
{"title":"Social security and risk sharing: the role of economic mobility across generations","authors":"Erin Cottle Hunt, F. Caliendo","doi":"10.1007/s10797-022-09761-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-022-09761-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47518,"journal":{"name":"International Tax and Public Finance","volume":"30 1","pages":"1374 - 1407"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49058392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-14DOI: 10.1007/s10797-022-09762-w
Jiayi Du, Guang Shen, Jingxian Zou
{"title":"Tax incentives and firm financing structures: evidence from China’s accelerated depreciation policy","authors":"Jiayi Du, Guang Shen, Jingxian Zou","doi":"10.1007/s10797-022-09762-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-022-09762-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47518,"journal":{"name":"International Tax and Public Finance","volume":"30 1","pages":"1346 - 1373"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42149807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-13DOI: 10.1007/s10797-022-09764-8
Shiou‐Yen Chu, Tsaur‐Chin Wu
{"title":"Ad valorem versus unit taxes on capital in a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model","authors":"Shiou‐Yen Chu, Tsaur‐Chin Wu","doi":"10.1007/s10797-022-09764-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-022-09764-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47518,"journal":{"name":"International Tax and Public Finance","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48224274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-09DOI: 10.1007/s10797-022-09759-5
Nazila Alinaghi, J. Creedy, N. Gemmell
{"title":"Do couples bunch more? Evidence from partnered and single taxpayers","authors":"Nazila Alinaghi, J. Creedy, N. Gemmell","doi":"10.1007/s10797-022-09759-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-022-09759-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47518,"journal":{"name":"International Tax and Public Finance","volume":"30 1","pages":"1137-1184"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45522130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-22DOI: 10.1007/s10797-022-09757-7
Giacomo Brusco, Benjamin Glass
{"title":"Risky business: policy uncertainty and investment","authors":"Giacomo Brusco, Benjamin Glass","doi":"10.1007/s10797-022-09757-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-022-09757-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47518,"journal":{"name":"International Tax and Public Finance","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48135251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-13DOI: 10.1007/s10797-022-09748-8
Thomas von Brasch, I. Frankovic, Eero Tölö
{"title":"Corporate taxes and investment when firms are internationally mobile","authors":"Thomas von Brasch, I. Frankovic, Eero Tölö","doi":"10.1007/s10797-022-09748-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-022-09748-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47518,"journal":{"name":"International Tax and Public Finance","volume":"30 1","pages":"1297 - 1330"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43834194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-03DOI: 10.1007/s10797-022-09752-y
M. Ledić, Ivica Rubil, I. Urban
{"title":"Tax progressivity and social welfare with a continuum of inequality views","authors":"M. Ledić, Ivica Rubil, I. Urban","doi":"10.1007/s10797-022-09752-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-022-09752-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47518,"journal":{"name":"International Tax and Public Finance","volume":"30 1","pages":"1266 - 1296"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42005437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-31DOI: 10.1007/s10797-022-09751-z
D. Cronin, K. McQuinn
{"title":"The housing net worth channel and the public finances: evidence from a European country panel","authors":"D. Cronin, K. McQuinn","doi":"10.1007/s10797-022-09751-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-022-09751-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47518,"journal":{"name":"International Tax and Public Finance","volume":"30 1","pages":"1251 - 1265"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48304712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}