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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Top 1% Tax Units<br />

Marginal Tax Rate<br />

80%<br />

70%<br />

60%<br />

50%<br />

40%<br />

30%<br />

20%<br />

10%<br />

0%<br />

1960<br />

1962<br />

1964<br />

1966<br />

1968<br />

1970<br />

1972<br />

1974<br />

1976<br />

1978<br />

1980<br />

1982<br />

1984<br />

1986<br />

1988<br />

1990<br />

1992<br />

1994<br />

1996<br />

1998<br />

2000<br />

5% Marginal Tax Rate Average Income<br />

$800,000<br />

$700,000<br />

$600,000<br />

$500,000<br />

$400,000<br />

$300,000<br />

$200,000<br />

$100,000<br />

$0<br />

Source: Saez 2004<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> ()<strong>Part</strong> 5: Income Taxation and Labor Supply 156 / 217

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