Labour supply and income distribution effects of the working income tax benefit: a general equilibrium microsimulation analysis

Table 6 Labour supply and distributional impacts of Scenario 2, % change from the base run

		One person	Couples	Couples with children	Lone parents	Other families	All
Labour supply		0.44	0.13	0.15	0.90	.0.15	0.21
	High-skill	0.08	0.06	0.07	0.38	0.04	0.07
	Medium-skill	0.22	0.14	0.15	0.71	0.09	0.17
	Low-skill	1.39	0.24	0.27	1.55	0.33	0.45
Labour income		0.34	0.04	0.06	0.78	0.04	0.11
	High-skill	0.06	0.04	0.05	0.36	0.03	0.06
	Medium-skill	0.16	0.08	0.09	0.65	0.02	0.11
	Low-skill	1.12	−0.03	0.00	1.28	0.06	0.18
Real after-tax income		0.13	0.05	0.07	0.37	0.04	0.08
Low-income rate		−0.17	−0.42	−3.77	−0.56	0.00	−0.89
Low-income gap		−1.11	−0.74	−1.88	−1.42	−1.13	−1.21
Gini index		−0.20	−0.12	−0.23	−0.46	−0.13	−0.21