Comparing Tax and Transfer Systems: Can Incentive Effects Make a Difference?

John Creedy and P. Dawkins

No 672, Department of Economics - Working Papers Series from The University of Melbourne

Abstract: This paper invelves an examination of the labour supply effects of a stylised version of a 'Basic Income Flat Tax' (BI/FT) compared with a Means Tested Graduated Tax System (MT/GT). A highly simplified simulation model id developed in which individuals are homogeneous except for the wage they face, and there is a single means-tested benefit.

Keywords: LABOUR; TAXES; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H2 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 1999
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