Intertemporal labor supply substitution ? evidence from the Swiss income tax holidays Isabel Z. Martínez, Emmanuel Saez and Michael Siegenthaler
By: Martínez, Isabel Z
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Contributor(s): Saez, Emmanuel | Siegenthaler, Michael.
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ArticlePublisher: 2021Subject(s): RENTA | IMPUESTOS | VACACIONES FISCALES | SUIZA
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The American Economic Review v. 111, n. 2, February 2021, p. 506-546Summary: This paper estimates intertemporal labor supply responses to two-year long income tax holidays staggered across Swiss cantons. Cantons shifted from an income tax system based on the previous two years' income to a standard annual pay as you earn system, leaving two years of income untaxed. We find significant but quantitatively very small responses of wage earnings with an intertemporal elasticity of 0.025 overall. High wage income earners and especially the self-employed display larger responses with elasticities around 0.1 and 0.25, respectively, most likely driven by tax avoidance. We find no effects along the extensive margin at all.
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This paper estimates intertemporal labor supply responses to two-year long income tax holidays staggered across Swiss cantons. Cantons shifted from an income tax system based on the previous two years' income to a standard annual pay as you earn system, leaving two years of income untaxed. We find significant but quantitatively very small responses of wage earnings with an intertemporal elasticity of 0.025 overall. High wage income earners and especially the self-employed display larger responses with elasticities around 0.1 and 0.25, respectively, most likely driven by tax avoidance. We find no effects along the extensive margin at all.
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