Employment, hours of work and the optimal taxation of low-income families

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 481-510

  Blundell, Richard ^a   Shephard, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete choice; Labour supply; Optimal taxation

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR SUPPLY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; TAX SYSTEM; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 84860510170     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdr034     Document Type: Article

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