Arbeitspapier

The Impact of Income Taxation on the Ratio between Reservation and Market Wages and the Incentives for Labour Supply

This paper extends previous research about the determinants of reservation wages by analysing the effect of progressive income taxation on the ratio between reservation and net market wages. Based on micro data for Germany (SOEP) we show that joint income taxation in Germany which discriminates by marital status, has a strong and highly significant impact on the reservation/market wage ratio. Relative to single filers, this leads to strong negative labour supply incentives for secondary earners and to positive incentives for first earners in married couples.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: DIW Discussion Papers ; No. 670

Classification
Wirtschaft
Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household
Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Subject
Reservation/Market Wage Ratio
Income Taxation
Labour Supply
Microsimulation
Einkommensteuer
Familienbesteuerung
Steuerwirkung
Anspruchslohn
Arbeitsangebot
Ökonomischer Anreiz
Frauenerwerbstätigkeit
Deutschland

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Caliendo, Marco
Gambaro, Ludovica
Haan, Peter
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
(where)
Berlin
(when)
2007

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Caliendo, Marco
  • Gambaro, Ludovica
  • Haan, Peter
  • Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)

Time of origin

  • 2007

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