A Comparison of the Labor Supply Findings from the Four Negative Income Tax Experiments on JSTOR

The Journal of Human Resources

Description: The Journal of Human Resources examines labor, health, education, welfare, and retirement issues. Focused on policy implications, JHR is intended for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners. The journal includes rigorous and policy-relevant articles along with a communication section that provides up-to-the-minute, short, professional dialogue.

Coverage: 1966-2012 (Vol. 1, No. 1 - Vol. 47, No. 4)

Moving Wall: 5 years (What is the moving wall?)

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ISSN: 0022166X

Subjects: Management & Organizational Behavior, Business & Economics, Business, Economics, Sociology, Social Sciences, Labor & Employment Relations

Collections: Arts & Sciences IV Collection, Business & Economics Collection, Business I Collection, JSTOR Essential Collection

Abstract

Between 1968 and 1982, the United States federal government sponsored four negative income tax experiments. This paper provides a set of consensus estimates of the labor supply responses to these experiments. It is found that despite the wide range of treatments and evaluation methodologies, the results are remarkably consistent. On average, husbands reduced labor supply by about the equivalent of two weeks of full-time employment. Wives and single female heads reduced labor supply by about the equivalent of three weeks of full-time employment. Youth reduced labor supply by about the equivalent of four weeks of full-time employment. Estimated income and substitution effects are quite similar to those obtained from nonexperimental studies.

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A Comparison of the Labor Supply Findings from the Four Negative Income Tax Experiments

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