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David Burgherr

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PhD Student @econ.uzh.ch. Fellow @centaxuk.bsky.social, @lseinequalities.bsky.social, @cagewarwick.bsky.social. Public & labor economics. Researching tax, inequality, pension policy. www.davidburgherr.com

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Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics. 🧵 1/7
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 15/09/2025
The first book I've ever written comes out tomorrow. If you want to support a first time Black woman author, grab your copy by tomorrow: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky
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Steve Cicala @stevecicala.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Some professional news: Zurich’s ascent over the past ~10 years has been incredible. They show what can be accomplished when good institutions and resources meet. I’m incredibly excited and honored to participate in UZH’s continued success!
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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Thanks to @lastweektonight.com for a great story on why work requirements are bad policy and for citing my research! Never thought I’d see my name next to John Oliver’s face while he talks about my work!!
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Matt Collin @mattcollin.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
🚨New working paper🚨 w/ @jeannebomare.bsky.social We use data leaked from the Isle of Man to understand how well international agreements meant to provide tax authorities with info on foreign accounts actually work We find that tax authorities probably receive a lot less than they would desire 🧵👇
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CESifo @cesifo.org · 12/06/2025
📣Call for papers: 𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗥 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵, 28 - 29 October 2025, Munich Keynote Speaker: Jens Hainmueller (Stanford) ℹ️ www.ifo.de/en/event/202... 👉 Submit by 30 June: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/78037... @sebastianschirner.bsky.social @econmunich.bsky.social
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IEB @fundacioieb.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Looking forward to tomorrow for the Workshop on the Economics of #Taxation! 🗣️ Keynote speakers: @dinapomeranz.bsky.social & Youssef Benzarti 📅 June 3-4, 2025 📍 @ubeconomics.bsky.social  Check out the full program ➡️ f.mtr.cool/qlpspgkmov
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Mauricio Romero @marome1.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
In the most recent issue of @restatjournal.bsky.social (direct.mit.edu/rest/article...), we (Kaspar Wuthrich and @karthik-econ.bsky.social) provide guidance on how to analyze and design experiments with factorial designs (or cross-cuts). A 🧵 below:
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eayeconomists.bsky.social @eayeconomists.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Excited to share the program for the European Association of Young Economists Annual Meeting 2025 is OUT NOW! Looking forward to seeing you all @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social London on May 29–31!
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Jonas Jessen @jonasjessen.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
📣CALL FOR PAPERS 📣 Workshop on the economics of ageing and pensions tinyurl.com/2wez4wp7 Where? Berlin @wzb.bsky.social 🐻 When? November 20-21 November 🍂 For whom? Researchers at all stages in their career Anything else? Accomodation & travel cost will be covered 🚅🏨 Please circulate!
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International Tax Observatory @taxobservatory.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
🚨 New paper out! 🚨 🎁 "Safely Opening Pandora’s Box" offers a must-read roadmap for researchers using leaked data in empirical work. Ethics, legality, privacy – our latest WP tackles it all. 🔗 Check out the paper: www.taxobservatory.eu/fr/publicati... @mattcollin.bsky.social @andokl.bsky.social
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CESifo @cesifo.org · 19/05/2025
New Paper Alert!📢 "Taxation and Migration by the Super-Rich" by @arunadvani.bsky.social @davidburgherr.bsky.social @andy-summers.bsky.social Find out more in the latest CESifo Working Paper! 📚to the paper: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
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Marius Brülhart @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Der Wunschtraum jedes Finanzpolitikers: Steuern senken und damit Einnahmen erhöhen. Diese Tage hegen Befürworter einer Gewinnsteuersenkung im Kanton Zürich diesen Traum. Realistische Aussicht oder Fata Morgana? Ein (langer und etwas technischer) 🧵. 1/n www.srf.ch/audio/forum/...
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Steuersenkungen für Firmen – ein Gewinn für alle?
Der Kanton Zürich will die Gewinnsteuern für Unternehmen senken. Laut Kantonsregierung würde auch die Bevölkerung davon profitieren. Doch stimmt das?
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Eduard Brüll @eduardbruell.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Paste your abstract. Get semantically similar economic papers—instantly. No keyword tweaking, no guessing jargon. This is my new RePEc semantic search engine in action. Try it now → econpapers.eduard-bruell.de #EconSky #RePEc
Screenshot of the "Semantic Paper Search" app. An abstract about competition in German primary care is entered on the left. On the right, the app returns highly similar papers from RePEc, including titles, authors, journals, years, abstracts, and similarity scores. Download links and a bibtex-export function are also available.
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AEA Information @aeainformation.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Congratulations to Stefanie Stantcheva (@s-stantcheva.bsky.social) of @harvard.edu, winner of the 2025 John Bates Clark Medal! #econsky www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...
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Stefanie Stantcheva, Clark Medalist 2025
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
📣 Vacancy! CenTax is seeking an individual with experience in policy-orientated analysis and engagement, for example via roles within government or policy-oriented research institutions, to undertake fast-paced, high-profile policy research. Apply: buff.ly/Qh2thgm
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Barton Lee @bartonelee2.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Come join me in Zurich! We’re hiring a Professor of Health Economics (deadline April 30). DM me if you have any questions about our department, ETH 🏫, or Switzerland🇨🇭 ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...
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Professor of Health Economics
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Benjamin Arold @benjaminarold.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
🚨New Working Paper: The Value of Worker Rights in Collective Bargaining w/ @elliottash.bsky.social , W. Bentley MacLeod & Suresh Naidu We propose novel NLP methods applied to 30,000 collective bargaining agreements to quantify the value of worker rights. 👉 nber.org/papers/w33605 🧵1/7
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Marius Brülhart @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Als Teil seines "Entlastungspakets 27" will der Bund das Budget des SNF @snf-fns-ch.bsky.social um 10% kürzen. Wäre das wirklich klug, ausgerchnet in dem Moment, wo uns die US-Regierung das Feld freimacht im internationalen Wettbewerb um Top-Talente (👇)? 1/2 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
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Centre for the Analysis of Taxation @centaxuk.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
📣 Last couple of days: We are recruiting: 🧑‍💼Research Economist, working on a mix of academic & policy research ⏰full-time from summer 🎯London-based 🙋Ideal for someone looking for an econ pre-doc or a career in policy-focused research 📆 20 March 2025 warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...
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Quick Check Needed
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Matt Collin @mattcollin.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
If you're young and are interested in international development, it is hard to beat doing an ODI Fellowship careers.odi.org/postings/71e... It is a rare opportunity for foreigners to work as a civil servant in a low or lower-middle income country Why is this a good idea? 👇
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ODI Fellowship Scheme 2025-27
Job Opening: ODI Fellowship Scheme 2025-27 at ODI Global in Global.
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Marius Brülhart @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Der Vorstand der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik unterstützt einstimmig die vom Bundesrat unterbreitete neue Statistikverordnung. Vorwärts ins 21. Jahrhundert! 👉 www.sgvs.ch/about/statem... 2/2
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Sam Friedman @samfriedman.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Wondering about the scare stories of wealthy tax flight based on non-dom tax changes or private school VAT? Our new research explains why the vast majority won’t migrate, and are snobbish about tax havens w/@andy-summers.bsky.social Emma Taylor,Victoria Gronwald academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
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‘But Switzerland’s boring’: tax migration and the pull of place-specific cultural capital
Abstract. Many countries are concerned about the migration of top taxpayers. Yet we know little about how economic elites weigh the taxes they pay when dec
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Marco Ranaldi @marcoranaldi.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Thrilled to announce the launch of the London Inequality Network - an initiative dedicated to fostering collaboration among inequality scholars in and around London👇 Follow the account to stay updated on upcoming workshops and initiatives!
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David Dorn @profdaviddorn.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Join my outstanding research team in Zurich as a #predoc research associate in summer/fall 2025! We conduct empirical analyses of labor markets, globalization, technology and politics. More info and link to application: 🔗www.ddorn.net #EconSky #econ_ra
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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Much credulous reporting by the Times, BBC News and others this week that Rachel Reeves has "softened" the non-dom rules due to an "exodus of 10,000 millionaires". Where's that figure from, then? And is it the real reason for Reeves' amendment? www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
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Has Rachel Reeves given in to the non-doms?
Or is it just another win for the attention economy?
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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 29/01/2025
Today 👉 Don't miss the chance to follow Nobel laureate 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐮's lecture at UZH, on the topic: "Power and Progress" - Who will control this progress, and under what conditions will it unfold? Free access via our live stream. Register now 👇 www.ema.uzh.ch/en/register/... @ubscenter.uzh.ch
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Nobel laureate Daron Acemoğlu | Power and progress
January 29, 2025, 18:00 – 19:15 | Universität Zürich KOH B-10
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
🚨Applications are now open for the 2025 Berkeley Stone center Summer School on inequality A unique program geared towards students at the beginning of their PhD, taught by leading scholars in the field, all costs covered! Apply now 👇👇👇 sites.google.com/berkeley.edu...
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
In today's blog, @berkozler12.bsky.social summarizes new work by @marcellaalsan.bsky.social & co-authors on how mean reversion may lower average impacts in RCTs - lots of people being treated may be in a temporary dip that will improve on its own blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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Mean Reversion in RCTs: It may matter for targeting…
Mean Reversion in RCTs: It may matter for targeting…
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David Burgherr @davidburgherr.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Excited to TA this course in the upcoming term! Please apply if you're from a low- or middle-income country and want to take the class remotely:
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Arun Advani @arunadvani.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Disappointing piece on non-doms/millionaires in @thetimes.com Many things to object to, incl simple fact checking. No, there are not 37.8k ppl paying 30k a year to live here. There are 2.4k. Cd just check hmrc website for that. www.thetimes.com/article/labo... @tomjss.bsky.social #taxsky
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Labour’s tax plans trigger exodus of millionaires from UK
Since the general election was called one dollar millionaire has left Britain every 45 minutes
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Martina Magli @martinamagli.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
1. A workshop at the intersection of International and Public Economics 2. Teresa Fort and @mathieupar.bsky.social as keynote 3. @jakobmiethe.bsky.social and Juan Carlos co-organising 4. Venice and the amazing ifo Staff coordinating everything What else? Submission Deadline is February 9!
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NBER @nber.org · 16/01/2025
Open call for papers, 2025 NBER Summer Institute. Conference to be held in Cambridge, MA on July 7-25, 2025. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on March 20, 2025. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers-and-propo…
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International Tax Observatory @taxobservatory.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
📣 Call for Papers: submission deadline 14 Mar Workshop on the Economics of Taxation 🗓️ 3-4 June 📍Barcelona Topics: #CorporateTax, inequality, #OffshoreWealth & more Keynotes: @dinapomeranz.bsky.social (University of Zurich) & Youssef Benzarti (UC Santa Barbara) 👉 taxobservatory.eu/event/worksh...
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Arun Advani @arunadvani.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
🚨PRE-DOC OPPORTUNITY🚨 If you are 🔸considering a future in #econ research, via a PhD or other paths (thinktanks, civil service); 🔸interested in studying Qs abt tax, growth & ineq; then come work w/me, @andy-summers.bsky.social + @centaxuk.bsky.social team econjobmarket.org/positions/11... #econ_ra
Card explaining some of the benefits of working at CenTax as a Research Economist/pre-doc. These include co-authoring academic papers and policy briefings, getting media exposure, and a structured path into PhD programmes and other economics research careers
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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 13/01/2025
🎙️ Listen to @profdaviddorn.bsky.social's keynote speech at the @cepr.org Paris Symposium 2024: "𝘕𝘰 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘴". 👉 cepr.org/multimedia/t...
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Pedro Sant’Anna @pedrosantanna.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
I've decided to collect my DiD materials in a single place. psantanna.com/did-resources There, you will find - 14 lectures of my comprehensive DiD course - Shorter lectures/talks I have given on DiD - My DiD R/Stata/Python packages - Some DiD checklists - DiD materials from my friends Enjoy!
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Jakob Miethe @jakobmiethe.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Here is the handbook I was missing as a PhD student! Edited by Dirk Schindler & Arjan Lejour, it includes contributions by more than 40 scholars on all aspects of tax haven research in economics. My chapter "Tax Havens and Illicit Financial Flows"... (1/5)
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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
A wish for 2025 is that empirical researchers in and beyond economics read or re-read this JEP paper by Guido Imbens and take to heart—and to practice—its message. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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IIPF - International Institute of Public Finance @iipf.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Here we go #EconSky #EconConf 📢 Proud to announce our #IIPF2025 congress Call for Papers. Let's meet at USIU Nairobi in August 2025! Submit your paper by Feb 15, 2025. A bunch of links with more info available at iipf.org/cng.htm
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Krishna Srinivasan @krishnasrini.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Here's the application of that theory in journal decision times www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/05szv...
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David Burgherr @davidburgherr.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
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Time Will Tell: Recovering Preferences When Choices Are Noisy | Journal of Political Economy: Vol 129, No 6
When choice is stochastic, revealed preference analysis often relies on random utility models. However, it is impossible to infer preferences without assumptions on the distribution of utility noise. ...
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Marius Brülhart @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Hot topic in 🇨🇭: mobility responses to strongly progressive inheritance taxation. A citizens' initiative proposes that estates should be taxed at a flat rate of 50%, starting at CHF 50m (~USD 45m). What would be the likely effects? A 🧵 1/
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Dina Pomeranz @dinapomeranz.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
In Zurich and interested in public economics and/or economics of low- and middle-income countries? Join us on Dec 16-17 at @uzh-econ.bsky.social at the 9th (and last) Zurich Conference on Public Finance in Developing Countries. Program and registration here: www.econ.uzh.ch/en/eventsand...
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IIPF - International Institute of Public Finance @iipf.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Welcome to the many new followers! Look at our new profile picture ☝️ and congress announcement 👇 and expect more info on #IIPF2025 incl. Call for Papers to come very soon. Meanwhile prepare for submission ✍️. Let's gather in Nairobi!
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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
📢 New #CallforPapers! We invite submissions to the RFBerlin Workshop on the Economics of Aging, which will take place in Berlin on 5-6 June 2025: www.rfberlin.com/event/worksh... Keynotes: V. Joseph Hotz and @mdenardi.bsky.social. 🗓️ Deadline: 31 Jan 2025. Submit now and share with colleagues!
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morellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
New job post (please repost) 👇📢POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER in PUBLIC ECONOMICS (“Drivers and consequences of rising economic inequality”) Come and work with us in the InequalityInRome Research team sites.google.com/view/inequal... 3 Jan 2025! More info here: sites.google.com/site/salvato...
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Jakob Wegmann @jakobwegmann.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Hello #EconSky! 📢Excited to share my #JMP 📢 It provides a missing piece to understand how people react to income taxation. Tldr: By changing tax pre-payments governments can - with almost no costs - increase perceived work incentives of secondary earners and reduce the gender gap. Thread below👇🧵
To collect income taxes, almost all countries require employers to withhold monthly tax prepayments which are then fully credited against the final income tax liabilities of their employees. Despite being a fundamental component of income taxation systems worldwide, the impact of these withholding taxes on labor supply is poorly understood. We investigate their importance in the context of married couples in Germany where the withholding tax liability can be redistributed between spouses. We exploit a reform that reduced the withholding tax for some married women more than for others, while inducing no differences in income taxes. Using administrative data for the full population of German taxpayers, we estimate an elasticity of labor income with respect to the withholding tax eight years after the reform of 0.14. Additional evidence from a self-conducted survey suggests imperfect understanding of the tax system and limited pooling of resources within the household as the main mechanisms. As the majority of couples shift parts of the withholding tax liability from the husband to the wife, our results suggest that the increased withholding tax liability of married women contributes to their low labor supply. This highlights the need for governments to be aware of the distortion of labor supply incentives when the design of withholding taxes does not match actual income tax incentives.
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UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Join the Stone Center Team! We’re searching for Postdoctoral Scholars with research priorities in wealth inequality and intergenerational mobility. 1 year renewable position, starting summer 2025. Apply by January 31, 2025. Application Link: bit.ly/4eGP0Rp
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