Arbeitspapier

A simulation method to measure the tax burden on highly skilled manpower

A model is presented for simulating the tax burden on highly skilled manpower. The effective average tax rate, defined as the relative wedge between employment costs and disposable income, is computed. Income and payroll taxes and social security contributions not yielding an equivalent benefit are taken into account. The compensation package consists of cash payments and old-age provision. To integrate retirement benefits and their tax treatment, an intertemporal approach is used. The results indicate a wide dispersion of tax rates across Europe and the US. Slovakia, Switzerland and the US tax highly skilled manpower low. Scandinavian countries, Belgium and Slovenia turn out to be high tax countries.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: cege Discussion Papers ; No. 50

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies; includes inheritance and gift taxes
Taxation and Subsidies: Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
Social Security and Public Pensions
Thema
income tax
highly skilled labour
effective tax burden
pensions
Steuerbelastung
Sozialversicherungsbeitrag
Hochqualifizierte Arbeitskräfte
Simulation
Vergleich
Deutschland
Frankreich
Großbritannien
USA

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Elschner, Christina
Schwager, Robert
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Göttingen, Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (cege)
(wo)
Göttingen
(wann)
2006

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Elschner, Christina
  • Schwager, Robert
  • University of Göttingen, Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (cege)

Entstanden

  • 2006

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