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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Blundell, Duncan, and Meghir 1998<br />

Construct group-level labor supply measures for women<br />

Measure how labor supply co-varies with wages rates net of taxes in<br />

the UK in 1980s<br />

Importantly, tax reforms during this period affected groups very<br />

differently<br />

Use consumption data as a control for permanent income<br />

Can therefore obtain a structurally interpretable (λ constant) estimate<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> ()<strong>Part</strong> 5: Income Taxation and Labor Supply 141 / 217

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