Curriculum Vitae

Courses and Seminars

Econ 231: Public Economics Seminar, Spring 2008

PAPERS BY TOPICS

"Income Inequality in the United States, 1913-1998" with Thomas Piketty, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118(1), 2003, 1-39 (Longer updated version published in A.B. Atkinson and T. Piketty eds., Oxford University Press, 2007) (UPDATED TABLES AND FIGURES UPDATED TO 2006 in Excel format, July 2008)
NEW Summary for the broader public "Striking it Richer: The Evolution of Top Incomes in the United States", updated March 2008
Has Inequality Increased in the US? Response to Alan Reynolds' article in WSJ criticizing our estimates, January 2006
"Uncovering the American Dream: Inequality and Mobility in Social Security Earnings Data since 1937" with Wojciech Kopczuk and Jae Song, September 2007 (shorter version) (Longer Version NBER Working Paper No. 13345, August 2007 (TABLES AND FIGURES in electronic format)
"The Evolution of Top Incomes: A Historical and International Perspective" with Thomas Piketty, American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 96(2), 2006, 200-205 (NBER Working Paper No. 11955 version) (Figures in Excel format)
"The Evolution of Income Concentration in Japan, 1886-2005: Evidence from Income Tax Statistics" with Chiaki Moriguchi, revised June 2007, forthcoming Review of Economics and Statistics (Tables and Figures in Excel format)
"Income and Wealth Concentration in Spain in a Historical and Fiscal Perspective" with Facundo Alvaredo, revised December 2007 (Tables and Figures in Excel format)
"Income and Wealth Concentration in Switzerland over the 20th Century" with Fabien Dell and Thomas Piketty, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5090, May 2005 published in A.B. Atkinson and T. Piketty eds., Oxford University Press, 2007
"Income Concentration in a Historical and International Perspective", published in ed. A. Auerbach, D. Card, and J. Quigley, Public Policy and Income Distribution, 2006
"Top Incomes in the United States and Canada over the Twentieth Century", Journal of the European Economic Association, Papers and Proceedings, 3(2-3), 2005, 402-411
"The Evolution of High Incomes in Northern America: Lessons from Canadian Evidence" with Michael Veall, American Economic Review, 95(3), 2005, 831-849 (longer version "The Evolution of High Incomes in Canada, 1920-2000" published in A.B. Atkinson and T. Piketty eds., Oxford University Press, 2007) (All Tables and Figures in Excel format)
"Top Wealth Shares in the United States, 1916-2000: Evidence from Estate Tax Returns" with Wojciech Kopczuk, short version National Tax Journal, 57(2), Part 2, June 2004, 445-487 (long NBER Working Paper No. 10399, March 2004) (All Tables and Figures in excel format)

"Earnings Responses to Increases in Payroll Taxes" with Jeff Liebman, September 2006
"How Progressive is the U.S. Federal tax system? A Historical and International Perspective" with Thomas Piketty Journal of Economic Perspectives , 21(1), 3-24, Winter 2007 (longer version NBER Working Paper No. 12404, July 2006) (All Tables and Figures in excel format)
"Do Taxpayers Bunch at Kink Points?" revised version April 2002 of NBER Working Paper No. 7366
"The Effect of the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut on Corporate Behavior: Interpreting the Evidence" with Raj Chetty, American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 96(2), 2006, 124-129
"The Effects of Taxes on Market Responses to Dividend Announcements and Payments: What Can we Learn from the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut?" with Raj Chetty and Joe Rosenberg, NBER Working Paper No. 11452, June 2005 published in A. Auerbach and J. Slemrod, eds. Taxing Corporate Income in the 21st Century, Cambridge University Press, 2007
"Dividend Taxes and Corporate Behavior: Evidence from the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut" with Raj Chetty, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 120(3), 2005, 791-833 (longer version NBER Working Paper No. 10841, October 2004) (older preliminary version, NBER Working Paper No. 10572, June 2004) (SOME TABLES AND FIGURES UPDATED TO 2006-Q2, November 2006)
"Reported Incomes and Marginal Tax Rates, 1960-2000: Evidence and Policy Implications" NBER Working Paper No. 10273, January 2004, published in Ed. J. Poterba Tax Policy and the Economy 18, 2004, Cambridge: the MIT Press (All Tables and Figures in Excel format)
"The Effect of Marginal Tax Rates on Income: A Panel Study of 'Bracket Creep'" Journal of Public Economics, 87, 2003, 1231-1258
"The Elasticity of Taxable Income: Evidence and Implications" with Jon Gruber, Journal of Public Economics, 84, 2002, 1-32 (Longer version NBER Working Paper No. 7512 with Optimal Tax Simulations)

"Details Matter: The Impact of Presentation and Information on the Take-up of Financial Incentives for Retirement Saving", revised February 2008, forthcoming American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (Earlier Version CEPR Discussion Paper No. 6386, July 2007)
"Saving Incentives for Low- and Middle-Income Families: Evidence from a Field Experiment with H&R Block", with Esther Duflo, William Gale, Jeffrey Liebman, and Peter Orszag, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 121(4), 1311- 1346, 2006 (Longer version NBER Working Paper No. 11680)
"Savings Incentives for Low- and Moderate-Income Families in the United States: Why is the Saver's Credit Not More Effective?", with Esther Duflo, William Gale, Jeffrey Liebman, and Peter Orszag, Journal of the European Economic Association, Papers and Proceedings, 5(2-3), 647-661, 2007
"The Role of Information and Social Interactions in Retirement Plan Decisions: Evidence From a Randomized Experiment" with Esther Duflo, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118, 2003, 815-842 (Longer version NBER Working Paper No. 8885)
"Implications of Information and Social Interactions for Retirement Saving Decisions", with Esther Duflo, Pension Research Council Working Paper 2003-13 published in O. Mitchell and S. Utkus, eds., Pension Design and Structure: New Lessons from Behavioral Finance, 2004
"Participation and Investment Decisions in a Retirement Plan: the Influence of Colleagues' choices" with Esther Duflo, Journal of Public Economics, 85, 2002, 121-148

REVISED "Optimal Minimum Wage in Competitive Labor Markets", joint with David Lee, revised April 2008
"An Agency Theory of Dividend Taxation" with Raj Chetty, NBER Working Paper No. 13538, October 2007
"Means Testing and Tax Rates and Earnings”, joint with Michael Brewer and Andrew Shephard, IFS Working Paper, April 2008, forthcoming in The Mirrlees Review: Reforming the Tax System for the 21st Century, Oxford University Press
REVISED "The Optimal Income Taxation of Couples" with Henrik Kleven and Claus Kreiner, revised April 2008 (longer version CESifo Working Paper No. 2092, September 2007) (Earlier version NBER Working Paper No. 12685, November 2006)
"Optimal Progressive Capital Income Taxes in the Infinite Horizon Model" NBER Working Paper No. 9046, July 2002
"Welfare Reform in European Countries: A Micro-Simulation Analysis", with Herwig Immervoll, Henrik Kleven, and Claus Kreiner, Economic Journal 117(1), 2007, 1-44 (older version, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 4324, March 2004) (Simulation File in Excel format, October 2005)
"Redistribution Toward Low Incomes in Richer Countries", Chapter 13, in A. Banerjee, R. Benabou, and D. Mookherjee eds. Understanding Poverty (Oxford: Oxford University Press), 2006
"The Optimal Treatment of Tax Expenditures" Journal of Public Economics, 88(12), 2004, 2657-2684
"Direct or Indirect Tax Instruments For Redistribution: Short-Run Versus Long-Run" Journal of Public Economics, 88, 2004, 503-518
"Optimal Income Transfer Programs:Intensive Versus Extensive Labor Supply Responses" Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117, 2002, 1039-1073
"The Desirability of Commodity Taxation Under Non-Linear Income Taxation and Heterogeneous Tastes" Journal of Public Economics, 83, 2002, 217-230
"Using Elasticities to Derive Optimal Income Tax Rates" Review of Economic Studies, 68, 2001, 205-229