EITC is better than the Minimum Wage
via Greg Mankiw’s Blog: EITC is better than the Minimum Wage.Filed under: applied welfare economics, classical liberalism, labour economics, minimum wage, poverty and inequality Tagged: earned income...
View ArticleAll in less cash transfers average income tax rates at average wage, USA, UK,...
Figure 1: All in less cash transfers average income tax rates at average wage, 2014 Source: OECD tax databaseFiled under: labour supply, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA,...
View ArticleHas child poverty doubled in New Zealand as Max Rashbrooke said?
Lindsay Mitchell put me onto a quote by veteran grumbler Max Rashbrooke that the child poverty rate doubled in New Zealand: In a system where income goes disproportionately to the already well-off,...
View ArticleIf government “programmes have been doing very little to help children out of...
RNZ: Govt advised in 2013 "social mobility" approach won't materially address child poverty. rnz.to/1RwVWoj http://t.co/nfd2gY0qcH— Alastair Thompson (@althecat) July 14, 2015 Figure 1: child poverty...
View ArticleHow many hours to work your way out of poverty across the OECD?
Filed under: labour economics, minimum wage, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tagged: child poverty, family poverty, family tax...
View ArticlePoverty traps: would a minimum wage increase take-home pay?
Filed under: labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, public economics, welfare reform Tagged: earned income...
View ArticleTaxes on minimum wage earners across the OECD area
#MinimumWage shd be combined w/ #tax policies to help both workers & their employers; see bit.ly/1KfRNOB http://t.co/8klfJXmY4s— (@OECD) July 25, 2015 Filed under: labour economics, labour...
View ArticleThe minimum wage and escaping poverty across the OECD area
Making ends meet on minimum pay – how many working hours are needed to move out of #poverty? oe.cd/12J http://t.co/96g2bUj3Ng— OECD Publications (@OECD_Pubs) July 09, 2015 Filed under: labour...
View Article@BernieSanders had a seniors moment on the EITC
Filed under: labour economics, politics - USA, welfare reforms Tagged: 2016 presidential election, EITC, family tax credits, in-work tax credits, living wage
View Article@BernieSanders @HillaryClinton working 40 hour on #minimumwage doesn’t leave...
Filed under: applied welfare economics, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, politics - USA, welfare reform Tagged: 2016 presidential election, earned income tax credit, family tax credits,...
View ArticleHow in-work family tax credits help
Filed under: applied price theory, labour economics, labour supply, public economics, welfare reforms Tagged: family tax credits, female labour force participation, in-work tax credits, maternal labour...
View ArticleThe minimum wage and poverty
Filed under: labour economics, minimum wage, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tagged: child poverty, family poverty, family tax credits, in-work tax...
View ArticleNew Zealand 2000, 2007 and 2014 all-in average personal income tax rates at...
In work tax credits for families in Working For Families certainly makes a difference to the after-tax, after government transfers living standards of the family on an average wage. Data extracted on...
View ArticleUS, Australian and NZ all-in average personal income tax rates at average...
Data extracted on 25 Jan 2016 01:07 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat.Filed under: politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, public economics Tagged: Australia, earned income tax credit,...
View ArticleBetter than Sweden! All-in average personal income tax rates at average wage...
Data extracted on 25 Jan 2016 01:07 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat.Filed under: politics - New Zealand, public economics Tagged: Denmark, family tax credits, family taxation, in-work tax credits, Sweden,...
View ArticleBritish all-in average personal income tax rates at average wage by family...
Data extracted on 25 Jan 2016 01:07 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat. Filed under: public economics Tagged: British economy, family tax credits, family taxation, in-work tax credits, taxation and labour supply
View ArticleEffective marginal tax rates on single and dual earner families in the USA,...
Some countries including New Zealand and Australia do not give ordinary families much of an incentive to earn more. Effective marginal tax rates on low income families is one of the few times that the...
View ArticleNo two tax cuts impact the economy in the same way.
Filed under: applied price theory, public economics Tagged: capital gains tax, company tax, family tax credits, in-work tax credits, taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and...
View Article@BernieSanders had a seniors moment on the EITC
Filed under: labour economics, politics - USA, welfare reforms Tagged: 2016 presidential election, EITC, family tax credits, in-work tax credits, living wage
View Article@BernieSanders @HillaryClinton working 40 hour on #minimumwage doesn’t leave...
Filed under: applied welfare economics, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, politics - USA, welfare reform Tagged: 2016 presidential election, earned income tax credit, family tax credits,...
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