The Elasticity of Taxable Labour Income in the Netherlands

Egbert L. W. Jongen () and Maaike Stoel ()
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Egbert L. W. Jongen: CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
Maaike Stoel: Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy

De Economist, 2019, vol. 167, issue 4, No 3, 359-386

Abstract: 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 different segments of the income distribution. 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 for women. Also, we find that the elasticity of taxable labour income is higher than the elasticity of (contractual) annual hours worked.

Keywords: Elasticity of taxable income; Hours worked; Netherlands (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H24 H31 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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