Andrew Shephard
Biographic Data
| ID | 5730260 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Shephard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Shephard |
| SIGNATURE | SHEPHARD A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Fiscal Studies and University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3157-415X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Optimal Income Taxation of Lone Mothers
Optimal tax rules are used to evaluate the optimality of taxation for lone mothers in Germany and Britain. The theoretical model is combined with elasticities derived from the structural estimation of lone mothers' labour supply. For both countries we do not find that in-work credits with marginal tax rates are optimal. However we show that when the government has a low taste for redistribution, out-of-work transfers and transfer for the working …
The poverty trade-off
Can we reconcile the conflict between policies to help people on low incomes by providing direct financial support and those which encourage them to earn more? Two of the strategies used by governments to help people on low incomes – providing direct financial support and encouraging them to earn more – generally conflict. Drawing on large-scale survey data from thousands of individuals and families spanning the last 26 years, this report from th…
The Impact of the New Deal for Young People on the Labour Market
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2003. Currently there are about 120,000 18-24 year olds participating in the New Deal for Young People (NDYP). About three-quarters of participants are male and they are much less skilled than the population as a whole.Evaluations of the NDYP in the first few years of the programme show that it has had a significant affect on raising the proportion of people leaving unemployment and…
Optimal Income Taxation of Lone Mothers
Optimal tax rules are used to evaluate the optimality of taxation for lone mothers in Germany and Britain. The theoretical model is combined with elasticities derived from the structural estimation of lone mothers' labour supply. For both countries we do not find that in-work credits with marginal tax rates are optimal. However we show that when the government has a low taste for redistribution, out-of-work transfers and transfer for the working …
The Impact of the New Deal for Young People on the Labour Market
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2003. Currently there are about 120,000 18-24 year olds participating in the New Deal for Young People (NDYP). About three-quarters of participants are male and they are much less skilled than the population as a whole.Evaluations of the NDYP in the first few years of the programme show that it has had a significant affect on raising the proportion of people leaving unemployment and…
The poverty trade-off
Can we reconcile the conflict between policies to help people on low incomes by providing direct financial support and those which encourage them to earn more? Two of the strategies used by governments to help people on low incomes – providing direct financial support and encouraging them to earn more – generally conflict. Drawing on large-scale survey data from thousands of individuals and families spanning the last 26 years, this report from th…
Optimal Income Taxation of Lone Mothers
Optimal tax rules are used to evaluate the optimality of taxation for lone mothers in Germany and Britain. The theoretical model is combined with elasticities derived from the structural estimation of lone mothers' labour supply. For both countries we do not find that in-work credits with marginal tax rates are optimal. However we show that when the government has a low taste for redistribution, out-of-work transfers and transfer for the working …
Demographic economics (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Labour economics (3 works) · Affect (linguistics) (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Demography (1 work) · Earned income tax credit (1 work) · Economic inequality (1 work)