A Decade of Tax and Benefit Reforms in Sweden: Effects on Labour Supply, Welfare and Inequality

Thomas Aronsson and Mårten Palme

Economica, 1998, vol. 65, issue 257, 39-67

Abstract: Sweden has experienced a sequence of tax and benefit reforms during the last decade. In this paper we evaluate these reforms from labour supply, welfare and inequality points of view. We depart from a household labour supply model. Simulation of the model reveals that tax and benefit reforms have led to a considerable reduction of the excess burden. Regarding social welfare and inequality, we show that the results depend to a large extent on the income inequality measure and the measure of social welfare, as well as the income concept (household disposable income or money metric utility).

Date: 1998
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Working Paper: A Decade of Tax and Benefit Reforms in Sweden -Effects on Labour Supply, Welfare and Inequality (1994)
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