Syllabus/achievement requirements

We will focus on selected parts of the following papers:

 

References

Joshua D. Angrist and J?rn-Steffen Pischke. The credibility revolution in empirical economics: How better research design is taking the con out of econometrics. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 24(2):3–30, 2010. doi:10.1257/jep.24.2.3.
URL http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jep.24.2.3.

David H. Autor and Mark G. Duggan. The Rise In The Disability Rolls And The Decline In Unemployment. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118(1):157–205, February 2003. URL http://qje.oxfordjournals.org/content/118/1/157.short

Marianne P. Bitler, Jonah B. Gelbach, and Hilary W. Hoynes. What mean impacts miss: Distributional effects of welfare reform experiments. American Economic Review, 96(4):988–1012, 2006.
doi:10.1257/aer.96.4.988. URL https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.96.4.988

Blundell, Richard. "Tax policy reform: the role of empirical evidence." Journal of the European Economic Association 10.1 (2012): 43-77./studier/emner/sv/oekonomi/ECON4624/h16/pensumliste/blundell---empirical-.pdf

Halvorsen & Thoresen "Distribution of the Annual Wealth Tax on Lifetime-Dynastic Income" /studier/emner/sv/oekonomi/ECON4624/h16/pensumliste/halvorsen_thoresen_dynasty_fall2016.pdf

Raj Chetty "Behavioural economics and Public Policy: A Pragmatic Perspective",  American Economic Review (2015). /studier/emner/sv/oekonomi/ECON4624/h16/pensumliste/chetty-ely-lecture.pdf

Raj Chetty, Adam Looney, and Kory Kroft. Salience and taxation: Theory and evidence. American Economic Review, 99(4):1145–77, 2009. doi:10.1257/aer.99.4.1145.
URL http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/aer.99.4.1145.

Torsvik, Gaute and Kjell Vaage: Skipping the doctor:  Evidence from a case with extended self-certification of sickness absence./studier/emner/sv/oekonomi/ECON4624/h16/pensumliste/gatekeeping-jeea.short.pdf

Creedy, John, and Guyonne Kalb. "Discrete hours labour supply modelling: specification, estimation and simulation." Journal of Economic Surveys 19.5 (2005): 697-734./studier/emner/sv/oekonomi/ECON4624/h16/pensumliste/creedy-and-kalb.pdf

John K. Dagsvik, Zhiyang Jia, Tom Kornstad, and Thor O. Thoresen. Theoretical And Practical Arguments For Modeling Labor Supply As A Choice Among Latent Jobs. Journal of Economic Surveys, 28(1):134–151, 02 2014.
URL http://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/jecsur/v28y2014i1p134-151.html.

Gordon B. Dahl, Katrine V. L?ken, and Magne Mogstad. Peer effects in program participation. American Economic Review, 104(7):2049–74, 2014. doi:10.1257/aer.104.7.2049. URL http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/aer.104.7.2049.

Joseph J. Doyle Jr. and Krislert Samphantharak. $2.00 Gas! Studying the effects of a gas tax moratorium. Journal of Public Economics, 92(3-4):869–884, April 2008.
URL http://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/pubeco/v92y2008i3-4p869-884.html.

Feldstein, M. (1995). The effect of marginal tax rates on taxable income: a panel study of the 1986 Tax Reform Act. Journal of Political Economy, 551-572./studier/emner/sv/oekonomi/ECON4624/h16/pensumliste/feldstein_taxable_income.pdf

Austan Goolsbee. What happens when you tax the rich? evidence from executive compensation. Journal of Political Economy, 108(2):352–378, 2000.
URL http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ucp:jpolec:v:108:y:2000:i:2:p:352-378.

Péter Harasztosi and Attila Lindner. Who pays for the minimum wage? 2014.
URL https://www.dropbox.com/s/4wdvae5oo68v8mo/HungaryMW_wpFinal.pdf?dl=0.

Hilary Williamson Hoynes. Local Labor Markets And Welfare Spells: Do Demand Conditions Matter? The Review of Economics and Statistics, 82(3):351–368, August 2000.
URL http://ideas.repec.org/a/tpr/restat/v82y2000i3p351-368.html.

Henrik J. Kleven and Mazhar Waseem. Using Notches to Uncover Optimization Frictions and Structural Elasticities: Theory and Evidence from Pakistan. The Quarterly Journalof Economics, 128(2):669–723, 2013.
URL http://ideas.repec.org/a/oup/qjecon/v128y2013i2p669-723.html.

Henrik Jacobsen Kleven. How can scandinavians tax so much? Journal of Economic Perspectives, 28(4):77–98, 2014.
doi:10.1257/jep.28.4.77. URL http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jep.28.4.77.

Kleven, H. J., & Schultz, E. A. (2014). Estimating taxable income responses using Danish tax reforms. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy6(4), 271-301./studier/emner/sv/oekonomi/ECON4624/h16/pensumliste/kleven-schultz_aej-pol_aug2013.pdf

Andreas Ravndal Kostol and Magne Mogstad. How Financial Incentives Induce Disability Insurance Recipients to Return toWork. American Economic Review, 104(2):624–55, February 2014.
URL http://ideas.repec.org/a/aea/aecrev/v104y2014i2p624-55.html.

Leigh Linden and Jonah E. Rockoff. Estimates of the Impact of Crime Risk on Property Values from Megan’s Laws. American Economic Review, 98(3):1103–27, June 2008.
URL http://ideas.repec.org/a/aea/aecrev/v98y2008i3p1103-27.html.

Nicole Maestas, Kathleen Mullen, and Alexander Strand. Does disability insurance receipt discourage work? using examiner assignment to estimate causal effects of ssdi receipt. American Economic Review, 103(5):1797–1829, 2013.
URL http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aea:aecrev:v:103:y:2013:i:5:p:1797-1829.

Jesse Rothstein. Is the EITC as Good as an NIT? Conditional Cash Transfers and Tax Incidence. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2(1):177–208, February 2010. URL http://ideas.repec.org/a/aea/aejpol/v2y2010i1p177-208.html.

R?ed, Knut (2012). Active social policy. Journal of Labor Policy./studier/emner/sv/oekonomi/ECON4624/h16/pensumliste/roed-k-(2012)-active-social-insurance-copy.pdf

Emmanuel Saez. Do taxpayers bunch at kink points? American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2(3):180–212, 2010. doi:10.1257/pol.2.3.180.
URL http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/pol.2.3.180.

Emmanuel Saez, Joel Slemrod, and Seth H. Giertz. The elasticity of taxable income with respect to marginal tax rates: A critical review. Journal of Economic Literature, 50(1):3–50, 2012.
doi:10.1257/jel.50.1.3./studier/emner/sv/oekonomi/ECON4624/h16/pensumliste/saezslemrodgiertz2012jel.pdf

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