Latest Contributions
- Thesis/Dissertation
Negative Income Taxes, Inequality and Poverty
We use the heterogeneous agents model by Aiyagari and McGrattan (1998) to analyze the redistributive effects of a negative income tax (NIT), which combines a flat tax with a fully...
- Journal
Minimum Wage Increases as an Anti-Poverty Policy in Ontario
In this article, we consider the possibility of alleviating poverty in Ontario through minimum wage increases. Using survey data from 2004 to profile low wage earners and poor households, we...