Taxation and the welfare state: implications of current policy directions for saving, fertility, economic growth and inequality

目前税收和福利计划的变化显著降低了第二收入者的净收入，进而减少了许多中低工资家庭的净收入，从而加剧了不平等。该项目的目的是从理论和经验两方面调查短期内对劳动力供应和储蓄的进一步影响，以及长期对家庭规模和经济增长的进一步影响。这项研究将产生新的模型和实证结果，这将有助于就这些问题进行严格的、知情的辩论。

Current changes to taxation and welfare programs increase inequality by significantly lowering the net incomes of secondary earners, thus in turn reducing the net incomes of many low and middle wage families. The aim of the project is to investigate, both theoretically and empirically, the further effects on labour supply and saving in the short term and on family size and economic growth in the longer term. The study will produce new models and empirical results which will contribute to rigorous, informed debate on these issues.