What Welfare State Objectives can governments pursue with Carbon Price revenues? Implication of Political Support across EU countries

Jules Linden - Luxembourg Institute of Socioeconomic Research

Carbon pricing is central to the EU’s climate strategy but raises important equity concerns. Using …

Strategies for educational transformations. Evidence from randomized controlled trials in financial literacy education

Kristof De Witte - KULeuven

Taxation of couples

Pierre Boyer - École polytechnique–CRESP, IPP Paris

Felix Bierbrauer Pierre Boyer Andreas Peichl Daniel Weishaar This paper studies the tax treatment of couples. We develop two different approaches. One is tailored to the analysis of tax systems that stick to the principle that …

Quantifying welfare costs of peer influence and income misperception: a revealed preference approach

Sam Cosaert - University of Antwerp

We analyze peer effects in consumption and their impact on individual welfare using detailed data on Dutch households’ consumption and labor supply. Our unique …

Tax Disincentives to Formal Employment in Latin America

H. Xavier Jara - London School of Economics

To finance increased public spending and social programs, Latin America’s tax systems need to develop further. Yet taxation can reduce the tax base by discouraging formal employment. Evidence on …

Robust Hicksian Welfare Analysis under Individual Heterogeneity

Sebastiaan Maes - Uantwerpen

Welfare effects of price changes are often estimated with cross-sections; these do not identify demand with heterogeneous consumers. We develop a theoretical method that utilizes uncompensated demand moments …