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Staff Reports
Practical Optimal Income Taxation
Jonathan Heathcote | Monetary Advisor Hitoshi Tsujiyama | Goethe University Frankfurt
July 30, 2021
Research
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Optimal Income Taxation: An Urban Economics Perspective
Mark Huggett | Visiting Scholar, Institute Wenlan Luo | Tsinghua University
July 23, 2021
Research
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Immigration Nation
Lisa Camner McKay | Writer/Analyst
July 6, 2021
Article
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Labor Market Power
David Berger | Duke University Kyle Herkenhoff | Senior Research Economist Simon Mongey | Senior Research Economist
May 13, 2021
Research
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First comes love, then come taxes
Lisa Camner McKay | Writer/Analyst
April 15, 2021
Article
ABDOULAYE NDIAYE
Scholar Spotlight: Abdoulaye Ndiaye
Lisa Camner McKay | Writer/Analyst
April 14, 2021
Article
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Optimal taxation, internationally
Douglas Clement | Managing Editor
March 30, 2021
Article
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Should the United States have made taxes more progressive to combat rising inequality?
Douglas Clement | Managing Editor
February 8, 2021
Article
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2020 Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute working papers: A retrospective
Lisa Camner McKay | Writer/Analyst
January 27, 2021
Article
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Are Marriage-Related Taxes and Social Security Benefits Holding Back Female Labor Supply?
Margherita Borella | Università di Torino and CeRP-Collegio Carlo Alberto Mariacristina De Nardi | Consultant, Institute Fang Yang | Louisiana State University
October 23, 2020
Research
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As high unemployment persists, Minnesota borrows to pay more benefits
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
October 20, 2020
Article
Troup Howard
Scholar Spotlight: Troup Howard
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
September 14, 2020
Article