The elasticity of taxable income in the Netherlands

Egbert Jongen and Maaike Stoel

No 337, CPB Discussion Paper from CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis

Abstract: We study the elasticity of taxable labour income in the Netherlands. We use a large and rich data set, including both financial and demographic variables,for the period 1999-2005. The 2001 tax reform generates large exogenous variation in marginal tax rates at diff erent segments of the income distribu- tion. For all workers, we find an elasticity of 0.10 in the short run, 1 year after the reform, rising to 0.24 in the medium to longer run, 5 years after the reform. Furthermore, we find that the elasticity is higher for higher incomes and women. Also, we find that the elasticity of taxable labour income is higher than the elasticity of annual hours worked.

JEL-codes: H24 H31 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-10
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