Tax-Transfer Policy and the Temporal Stability of Household Income

Howard P. Tuckman, Jeffrey C. Williams and John M. Ortiz
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Howard P. Tuckman: Florida State University
Jeffrey C. Williams: Yale University
John M. Ortiz: International Business Machines

Public Finance Review, 1978, vol. 6, issue 2, 240-258

Abstract: This paper posits a measure for determining the progressivity/regressivity of the combined tax and transfer system in a time dimension. It also shows that a progressive tax or transfer is stabilizing to family income while a regressive one is destabilizing. Using data from the Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics, the authors analyze the effects of public policy by income and demographic grouping. Quantitative estimates are also made for select tax and transfer programs.

Date: 1978
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DOI: 10.1177/109114217800600206

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