Labor supply and taxation

Synopsis

This Volume Presents Richard Blundell's Outstanding Research On The Modern Economic Analysis Of Labour Markets And Public Policy Reforms, Which Has Enhanced Greatly Our Understanding Of How Individuals' Behaviour On The Labour Market Responds To Taxation And Social Policy Influence. It Brings Together The Author's Key Papers, Some Co-authored And Some Unpublished, With New Introductions And An Epilogue, Covering Some Of His Main Research Insights Into The Study Of Labour Supply. Tax Policy Reform: The Role Of Empirical Evidence -- Labour Supply And The Extensive Margin -- Modelling The Joint Determination Of Household Labor Supplies And Commodity Demands -- A Life-cycle Consistent Empirical Model Of Family Labor Supply Using Cross-section Data -- Unemployment And Female Labor Supply -- Estimating Labor Supply Responses Using Tax Reforms -- Job Changes And Hours Changes: Understanding The Path Of Labor Supply Adjustment -- The Labor Market Impact Of The Working Families' Tax Credit -- Work Incentives And 'in-work' Benefit Reforms: A Review -- Evaluating The Employment Impact Of A Mandatory Job Search Program -- Welfare-to-work: Which Policies Work And Why? -- Earned Income Tax Credit Policies: Impact And Optimality -- Employment, Hours Of Work And The Optimal Taxation Of Low-income Families. Richard Blundell ; Edited By Andreas Peichl, Klaus F. Zimmermann. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 427-451) And Index.