Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/168402 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2016:11
Publisher: 
Uppsala University, Department of Economics, Uppsala
Abstract: 
No previous quasi-experimental paper has systematically examined the relationship between the extensive margin labor supply response to taxation and the employment level. We model the labor force participation margin and estimate participation responses for married women in Sweden using population-wide administrative data and a solid identification strategy. The participation elasticity is more than twice as large in the lowest-skill sample (with relatively low employment) as compared with the highest-skill sample (with high employment). Our analysis suggests that cross- and within country comparisons of participation elasticities always should be made with reference to the relevant employment level.
Subjects: 
labor supply
social assistance
housing allowance
in-work tax credits
take up of transfer programs
JEL: 
H20
J22
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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