Social Security Tax Reform And Unemployment

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1997-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781451966008

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Social Security Tax Reform and Unemployment by International Monetary Fund Pdf

This paper develops and calibrates a simple general equilibrium model with two types of labor and capital for the French economy. The simulation results indicate that targeted reductions in employer social security taxes have six times as large an effect on employment as untargeted reductions for equal initial budgetary cost, while employee social security tax reductions have a negative effect on employment. They also point to the presence of “self-financing,” whereby reductions in various tax rates lead to lower budget deficits in the long run, as a result of an expanding tax base and lower unemployment insurance outlays.1

Author : Canada. Human Resources Development Canada
Publisher : Hull, Quebec : Human Resources Development Canada
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015037795872

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Improving Social Security in Canada by Canada. Human Resources Development Canada Pdf

Author : A. W. Dilnot,John Anderson Kay,C. N. Morris
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Social security
ISBN : UCAL:B163858

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The Reform of Social Security by A. W. Dilnot,John Anderson Kay,C. N. Morris Pdf

Study of reforms needed in the welfare state social security system of the UK - suggests an integrated approach comprising tax reform, administrative reform and other social policy measures to improve social protection for low income groups, one parent families, retired workers, the unemployed, etc.. Bibliography and graphs.

Author : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020724212

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Making Work Pay by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Pdf

This volume looks at how tax and benefit systems may discourage individuals to seek employment and firms to hire workers. An examination of potential tax and benefit reforms and a survey of changes in OECD countries designed to improve incentives suggest a series of recommendations to policy-makers.

Author : Canadian Welfare Council,Canada. Parliament. Senate. Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
Publisher : The Council
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Income tax
ISBN : UOM:39015076736316

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The Social Implications of Tax Reform by Canadian Welfare Council,Canada. Parliament. Senate. Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce Pdf

Author : George E. Rejda
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006041193

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Social Insurance and Economic Security by George E. Rejda Pdf

This clear, accessible book provides a complete analysis of major social insurance and welfare programs in the United States, including Social Security, workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, and public assistance. Major public policy problems and issues associated with each program are analyzed in depth. The Sixth Edition has been thoroughly updated to accurately reflect the most recent issues and trends surrounding Social Security, unemployment insurance, and welfare reform.

Author : Ary Lans Bovenberg,Johan J. Graafland,Ruud A. de Mooij
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021675959

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Tax Reform and the Dutch Labor Market by Ary Lans Bovenberg,Johan J. Graafland,Ruud A. de Mooij Pdf

This paper employs MIMIC, an applied general equilibrium model of the Dutch economy, to explore various tax cuts aimed at combating unemployment and raising labor supply. MIMIC combines modern labor-market theories, a firm empirical foundation detailed description of Dutch labor-market institutions. We develop a small aggregate model which contains the core of MIMIC, namely wage setting, job matching, labor supply demand. In addition to illustrating the main economic mechanisms in MIMIC shows the advantages of employing a larger, more disaggregated model that accounts for heterogeneity, institutional details, and more economic mechanisms. Targeting in-work benefits at the low skilled is the most effective way to cut economy-wide unemployment quality and quantity of labor supply. Cuts in social security contributions paid by employers and subsidies for hiring long-term unemployed reduce unskilled unemployment most substantially. Tax cuts in the higher tax brackets boost the quantity and quality of formal labor supply but are less effective in reducing unemployment and in raising unskilled employment and female labor supply.

Author : John Creedy,Richard Disney
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015013009132

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Social Insurance in Transition by John Creedy,Richard Disney Pdf

Concentrating on social "insurance" systems--pensions, unemployment, and sickness insurance, this treatment of the economics of social security examines the aims and operations of state social security.

Author : Mr.Tom Krebs,Mr.Martin Scheffel
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781484340059

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Structural Reform in Germany by Mr.Tom Krebs,Mr.Martin Scheffel Pdf

This paper provides a quantitative evaluation of the macroeconomic, distributional, and fiscal effects of three reform proposals for Germany: i) a reduction in the social security tax in the low-wage sector, ii) a publicly financed expansion of full-day child care and full-day schooling, and iii) the further deregulation of the professional services sector. The analysis is based on a macroeconomic model with physical capital, human capital, job search, and household heterogeneity. All three reforms have positive short-run and long-run effects on employment, wages, and output. The quantitative effects of the deregulation reform are relatively small due to the smal size of professional services in Germany. Policy reforms i) and ii) have substantial macroeconomic effects and positive distributional consequences. Ten years after implementation, reforms i) and ii) taken together increase employment by 1.6 percent, potential output by 1.5 percent, real hourly pre-tax wages in the low-wage sector by 3 percent, and real hourly pre-tax wages of women with children by 2.7 percent. The two reforms create fiscal deficits in the short run, but they also generate substantial fiscal surpluses in the long-run. They are fiscally efficient in the sense that the present value of short-term fiscal deficits and long-term surpluses is positive for any interest (discount) rate less than 9 percent.

Author : David E. Balducchi,Christopher J. O'Leary,Suzanne Simonetta,Wayne Vroman
Publisher : W.E. Upjohn Institute
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780880996525

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Unemployment Insurance Reform by David E. Balducchi,Christopher J. O'Leary,Suzanne Simonetta,Wayne Vroman Pdf

The Unemployment Insurance (UI) system is a lasting piece of the Social Security Act which was enacted in 1935. But like most things that are over 80 years old, it occasionally needs maintenance to keep it operating smoothly while keeping up with the changing demands placed upon it. However, the UI system has been ignored by policymakers for decades and, say the authors, it is broken, out of date, and badly in need of repair. Stephen A. Wandner pulls together a group of UI researchers, each with decades of experience, who describe the weaknesses in the current system and propose policy reforms that they say would modernize the system and prepare us for the next recession.

Author : Trish Fulton,Jinyan Li,Dianqing Xu
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789810234478

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China's Tax Reform Options by Trish Fulton,Jinyan Li,Dianqing Xu Pdf

Selected papers presented at the International Symposium on Reform of the Chinese Tax System, held at the University of Western Ontario, in London, Canada, in Aug. 1996.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Income tax
ISBN : PURD:32754078873191

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Tax Reform by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means Pdf

Author : Mr.Howell H. Zee
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1996-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781451974348

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Taxation and Unemployment by Mr.Howell H. Zee Pdf

This paper reviews conceptual linkages between taxation and unemployment, available empirical evidence and country policies that may have a bearing on these linkages in the OECD and in a sample of developing and transitional economies, Fund policy advice on these issues, and tax policy options in addressing the unemployment problem. It concludes that the emphasis in policy should be placed on minimizing tax distortions, rather than on formulating activist tax policies to reduce unemployment.

Author : Laszlo Goerke
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781461507871

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Taxes and Unemployment by Laszlo Goerke Pdf

This chapter has set out in detail the models which are employed below in order to analyse the labour market effects of changes in tax rates and in alterations in the tax structure. The fundamental mechanisms underlying the different approaches have been pointed out. Moreover, vital assumptions have been emphasised. By delineating the models which are used for the subsequent analyses, implicitly statements have also been made about topics or aspects which this study does not cover. For example, all workers and firms are identical ex ante. However, ex-post differences are allowed for, inter alia, if unemploy ment occurs or if some firms have to close down. These restrictions indicate areas of future research insofar as that the findings for homogeneous workers or firms yield an unambiguous proposal for changes in tax rates or the tax structure in order to promote employment. This is because it would be desir able for tax policy to know whether the predicted effects also hold in a world with ex-ante heterogeneity. Furthermore, the product market has not played a role. Therefore, repercussions from labour markets outcomes on product demand - and vice versa - are absent. 55 Moreover, neither the process of capital accumulation, be it physical or human capital, nor substitution pos sibilities between labour and capital in the firms' production function are taken into account. Finally, international competition is not modelled.

Author : Henk Don,Theo C.M.J. van de Klundert,Jarig van Sinderen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789401579087

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Applied General Equilibrium Modelling by Henk Don,Theo C.M.J. van de Klundert,Jarig van Sinderen Pdf

Over the last decade or so, applied general equilibrium models have rapidly become a major tool for policy advice on issues regarding allocation and efficiency, most notably taxes and tariffs. This reflects the power of the general equilibrium approach to allocative questions and the capability of today's applied models to come up with realistic answers. However, it by no means implies that the theoretical, practical and empirical problems faced by researchers in applied modelling have all been solved in a satisfactory way. Rather, a promising field of research has been opened up, inviting theorists and practitioners to further explore and exploit its potential. The state of the art in applied general equilibrium modelling is reflected in this volume. The introductory Chapter (Part I) evaluates the use of economic modelling to address policy questions, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of applied general equilibrium models. Three substantive issues are dealt with in Chapters 2-8: Tax Reform and Capital (Part II), Intertemporal Aspects and Expectations (Part III), and Taxes and the Labour Market (Part IV). While all parts contain results relevant for economic policy, it is clear that theory and applications for these areas are in different stages of development. We hope that this book will bring inspiration, insight and information to researchers, students and policy advisors.