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Table 7 Labour supply and distributional impacts of Scenario 3, % change from the base run

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

 

One person

Couples

Couples with children

Lone parents

Other families

All

Labour supply

 

0.22

0.00

0.00

0.15

0.04

0.04

 

High-skill

−0.01

0.00

−0.01

−0.01

−0.01

−0.01

 

Medium-skill

−0.03

−0.01

−0.01

−0.10

−0.02

−0.02

 

Low-skill

1.02

0.02

0.01

0.58

0.18

0.17

Labour income

 

0.22

0.00

−0.01

0.13

0.03

0.03

 

High-skill

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

 

Medium-skill

0.01

0.03

0.03

−0.06

0.02

0.02

 

Low-skill

0.92

−0.09

−0.10

0.47

0.08

0.07

Real after-tax income

 

0.04

0.00

−0.01

0.02

0.01

0.01

Low-income rate

 

0.09

0.13

−0.07

−0.25

0.25

0.04

Low-income gap

 

−0.85

−0.04

0.06

−0.77

−0.65

−0.56

Gini index

 

−0.12

0.01

0.02

−0.14

−0.04

−0.01