This paper surveys recent research findings concerning th& size and importance of labor-supply changes resulting from U.S. income taxes and transfers. Our review of the literature of recent years leads us to conclude that the aggregate amount of work reduction that is attributable to taxes and transfers is relatively modest. Moreover, this reduction may be partly offset by the beneficial effect...

All countries look to economic growth to reduce low-income. This paper focuses on the 1990s and assesses the role played by changes in economic growth, employment earnings and government transfers in the patterns of low-income intensity in Canada during the 1990s. We find that low-income intensity was higher in most provinces during the 1990s than during the 1980s (comparing comparable position...

The goal of this paper is to identify the sources of income, positional and poverty dynamics among Venezuelan households in the late nineties. The paper answers two fundamental questions: What are the factors associated with changes in income, relative position and poverty status among Venezuelan households in the late nineties? Are there relevant differences in these factors depending on wheth...