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WHITHER THE MARRIAGE TAX?
We use household data from the Current Population Survey to calculate how the real value of the so-called "marriage tax" or "marriage subsidy" in the federal individual income tax has changed over…
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Disentangling the effect of tolerance on housing values: how levels of human capital and race alter this link within the metropolitan area
Previous studies argue that homosexuals can affect house prices through two mechanisms: an esthetic–amenity premium and a tolerance (or open culture) premium. We find that this relationship varies…
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Term limits, time horizons and electoral accountability
Term limits have been known to reduce electoral accountability by removing the possibility of reelection, thus affecting economic policy choices (i.e., the ‘lame duck’ effect). We show that the…
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The housing crisis, foreclosures, and local tax revenues
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Are black neighborhoods less welcoming to homosexuals than white neighborhoods
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Merit‐based college tuition assistance and the conditional probability of in‐state work
This paper examines how merit-based tuition assistance policies implemented by a growing number of states affect one important dimension of college graduate behaviour: the conditional probability of…
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Long live the doge? Death as a term limit on Venetian chief executives
Can an electorate use the projected life expectancy of a lifetime-appointed chief executive to enforce binding, informal term limits? Informal term limits based on the life expectancy of a chief…
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Revisiting Evidence of Labor Market Discrimination against Homosexuals and the Effects of Anti-Discriminatory Laws
Anti-discrimination laws on the basis of sexual orientation have been adopted by many states to counteract perceived discrimination in the labor market. However, we find the evidence of earnings…
Revisiting the Income Tax Effects of Legalizing Same‐Sex Marriages
In this paper, we estimate the impacts on income tax collections of legalizing same-sex marriage. We utilize new individual-level data sources to estimate the federal income tax consequences of…
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Estimating Implicit Marginal Tax Rates of Welfare Recipients across the US States
This article provides a more accurate estimate of implicit marginal tax rates (IMTRs) faced by low-income households in all fifty states. Complications arising from multiple program participation,…
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