The aging of the baby boomers demographics and propagation of tax shocks Domenico Ferraro and Giuseppe Fiori
By: Ferraro, Domenico
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Contributor(s): Fiori, Giuseppe.
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ArticlePublisher: 2020Subject(s): NATALIDAD | DEMOGRAFIA | IMPUESTOS | TIPOS DE GRAVAMEN | DESEMPLEOOnline resources: Click here to access online
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American Economic Journal : Macroeconomics v. 12, n. 2, April 2020, p.167-193Summary: We study how the changing demographic composition of the US labor force has affected the response of the unemployment rate to marginal tax rate shocks. Using narratively identified tax changes as proxies for structural shocks, we establish that the responsiveness of the unemployment rates to tax changes varies significantly across age groups: the unemployment rate response of the young is nearly twice as large as that of the old. This heterogeneity is the channel through which shifts in the age composition of the labor force impact the response of the unemployment rate to tax cuts. We find that the aging of the baby boomers considerably reduces the effects of tax cuts on aggregate unemployment.
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We study how the changing demographic composition of the US labor force has affected the response of the unemployment rate to marginal tax rate shocks. Using narratively identified tax changes as proxies for structural shocks, we establish that the responsiveness of the unemployment rates to tax changes varies significantly across age groups: the unemployment rate response of the young is nearly twice as large as that of the old. This heterogeneity is the channel through which shifts in the age composition of the labor force impact the response of the unemployment rate to tax cuts. We find that the aging of the baby boomers considerably reduces the effects of tax cuts on aggregate unemployment.
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