Public Economics and the Household

AvPatricia Apps,Ray Rees

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

Economic models in much of the public economics literature have been slow to reflect the significant changes towards double-income households throughout the developed world. This graduate-level text develops a more sophisticated approach to household economics, one that allows for multiple-income earners and shared decision-making. This approach is used to present a fundamentally new view of consumption. It then applies this to an analysis of tax systems, combining theoretical analysis of optimal taxation and tax reform with careful empirical study of the characteristics of income tax systems in four different countries: Australia, Germany, the UK and the USA. The book is particularly concerned with analysing, both theoretically and empirically, the impact of taxation on female labour supply, and identifying its effects on work incentives and fairness of income distribution. All this adds up to a fascinating new approach to the economics of household for researchers in both public and private sectors.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-03-05
Mått:173 x 248 x 15 mm
Vikt:620 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:302
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521716284

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Mikroekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Patricia Apps is Professor of Public Economics at the University of Sydney. Ray Rees is Professor of Economics at the University of Munich.

Recensioner i media

'Most of economic theory assumes that human beings spend their life alone. In reality most of us live in families and our decisions are taken collectively as a couple, often with children, and economic incentives are at play as well in intra-family interactions. This wonderful book by two leaders of the field fills this gap. It brings together a vast literature in a coherent framework and provides a host of new insights on the economics of the family and the taxation of it. A must read for any scholar in public finance and anybody interested in the economics of the family. The book is mostly theory but the connection with real world tax issues is never forgotten. A splendid achievement.' Alberto Alesina, Harvard University

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction and overview; 2. Time allocation and household production; 3. Household models: theory; 4. Empirical household models; 5. Labour supply, consumption and saving over the life cycle; 6. Household taxation: introduction; 7. Optimal linear and piecewise linear income taxation; 8. Optimal non-linear taxation; 9. Tax reform; Bibliography; Index.