An investigation of the effects of taxes on work decisions on the example of the WFTC in the UK

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Essay from the year 2005 in the subject Economics - Job market economics, grade: A-, London School of Economics, course: Public Finance, language: English, abstract: This essay deals with the Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) which was introduced by the UK government in 1999. The WFTC is a wage subsidy for low income workers that is withdrawn above a certain level of income. To evaluate the impact and outcome of the imposition of this tax credit I will first of all use budget line analysis to predict the likely effects of the reform on labour supply.

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