Using Big Data to Solve Economic and Social Problems-Tax Policy.ppt

Content

Tax Policy; Overview

Income Taxation

Top Income Tax Rates

Economic Approach to Optimal Taxation

Labor Supply Curve

Elasticity of Labor Supply

Labor Supply Elasticities

Revenue-Maximizing Tax Rate: The Laffer Curve

Revenue-Maximizing Tax Rate

The Laffer Curve and “Supply Side Economics”

Estimating Labor Supply Elasticities

Estimating Effects of Income Tax Changes

Synthetic Control

Effects of Taxation on Labor Supply: Summary

Is the “Optimal” Top Income Tax Rate 70%?

Measuring Public Preferences for Redistribution

Where are you in the income distribution?

Where would you have been in the income distribution

The Correlation Between Taxes and Economic Growth

Income Taxation: Summary