Patricia F. Apps

The University of Sydney Law School

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Faculty of Law, New Law Building F10

The University of Sydney

Sydney, NSW 2006

Australia

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

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1.

Fertility, Female Labor Supply and Public Policy

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 Dec 2001
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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Fertility, Taxation, Labor Supply

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Gender, Time Use and Models of the Household

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 24 Jul 2003
Patricia F. Apps
The University of Sydney Law School
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Household Saving and Full Consumption Over the Life Cycle

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 24 Apr 2001
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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Saving, Household Production, Full Consumption, Life Cycle

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Household Models: An Historical Perspective

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Household Models: An Historical Perspective

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2172
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 19 Dec 2007
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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household behavior, family economics, household welfare, time allocation, labor supply, household production, child care, gender, discrimination, cooperative models, non-cooperative models, trade models, microeconomic history

Household Models: An Historical Perspective

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 07/87
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 30 May 2008
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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Household behavior, Family economics, Household welfare, Time allocation, Labor supply, Household production, Child care, Gender, Discrimination, Cooperative models, Non-cooperative models, Trade models, Microeconomic history

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Taxation of Couples

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2910
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Jul 2007
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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optimal taxation, household production, labour supply

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Australian Family Tax Reform and the Targeting Fallacy

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Australian Family Tax Reform and the Targeting Fallacy

Australian Economic Review, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 1-25, 2010, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 10/44
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 08 May 2010 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2010
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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Income taxation, Family benefits, Time allocation, Labour supply, Household production, Discrimination

Australian Family Tax Reform and the Targeting Fallacy

Australian Economic Review, Vol. 43, Issue 2, pp. 153-175, June 2010
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 04 Jun 2010
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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Life Cycle Time Allocation and Saving in an Imperfect Capital Market

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 05 Apr 2004
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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saving, labour supply, imperfect capital market, lifecycle

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Household Production, Full Consumption and the Costs of Children

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Nov 2003
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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Child costs, time allocation, household production

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Optimal Tax Design: Choice of Tax Base and Rate Structure

Apps, P. (2022). Optimal tax design: choice of tax base and rate structure [forthcoming]. Australian Tax Forum.
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 07 Jun 2022
Patricia F. Apps
The University of Sydney Law School
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Inequality, Optimal taxation, Personal income, Childcare, Time allocation

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Gender Bias in Tax Systems Based on Household Income

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Gender Bias in Tax Systems Based on Household Income

Annals of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 117-118, pp. 141-155, 2015, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 14/104
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 29 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2015
Yuri Andrienko, Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney, The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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Gender, discrimination, household taxation, child care, female labour supply, household production, inequality

Gender Bias in Tax Systems Based on Household Income

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8676
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 06 Dec 2014
Yuri Andrienko, Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney, The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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gender, discrimination, household taxation, child care, female labour supply, household production, inequality

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Optimal Piecewise Linear Income Taxation

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Optimal Piecewise Linear Income Taxation

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2565
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 26 Feb 2009
Patricia F. Apps, Ngo Van Long and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School, McGill University - Department of Economics and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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piecewise linear, income, taxation

Optimal Piecewise Linear Income Taxation

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6007
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 16 Oct 2011
Patricia F. Apps, Ngo Van Long and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School, McGill University - Department of Economics and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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piecewise linear, income, taxation

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Optimal Family Taxation and Income Inequality

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 17/09
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 03 Feb 2017
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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Optimal taxation, piecewise linear, labour supply, child care, inequality

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Gender, Time Use and Public Policy Over the Life Cycle

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Gender, Time Use and Public Policy Over the Life Cycle

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1855
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Dec 2005
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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gender, time allocation, labour supply, household taxation, life cycle

Gender, Time Use, and Public Policy Over the Life Cycle

Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 21, Issue 3, pp. 439-461, 2005
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics

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human, mouse, spermatogonia, testicular tissue, xenograft

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Capital Income Taxation and the Mirrlees Review

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6615
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 16 Jun 2012
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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optimal taxation, labour supply, capital income taxation, family life cycle, time allocation, saving, inequality

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Optimal Taxation, Inequality and Top Incomes

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Optimal Taxation, Inequality and Top Incomes

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 14/103
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 29 Nov 2014
Yuri Andrienko, Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney, The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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Optimal taxation, income distribution, top incomes, inequality

Optimal Taxation, Inequality and Top Incomes

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8275
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 05 Jul 2014
Yuri Andrienko, Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney, The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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optimal taxation, income distribution, top incomes, inequality

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The Central Role of a Well-Designed Income Tax in 'The Modern Economy'

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The Central Role of a Well-Designed Income Tax in 'The Modern Economy'

Australian Tax Forum, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 845-863, 2015, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 15/76
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 18 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2016
Patricia F. Apps
The University of Sydney Law School
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Personal income taxation, consumption taxation, life cycle labor supply and saving, inequality, gender discrimination

The Central Role of a Well-Designed Income Tax in 'The Modern Economy'

Australian Tax Forum, Vol. 30, 2015
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 18 Dec 2015
Patricia F. Apps
The University of Sydney Law School
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Labor Supply Heterogeneity and Demand for Child Care of Mothers with Young Children

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Labor Supply Heterogeneity and Demand for Child Care of Mothers with Young Children

Netspar Discussion Paper No. 04/2012-015
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 28 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 24 May 2012
Patricia F. Apps, Jan Kabatek, Ray Rees, Arthur van Soest and Arthur van Soest
The University of Sydney Law School, University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics and Tilburg UniversityNetspar
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time use, income tax, child care subsidies

Labor Supply Heterogeneity and Demand for Child Care of Mothers with Young Children

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7007
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 17 Nov 2012
Patricia F. Apps, Jan Kabatek, Ray Rees, Arthur van Soest and Arthur van Soest
The University of Sydney Law School, University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics and Tilburg UniversityNetspar
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time use, income tax, child care subsidies

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Testing the Pareto Efficiency of Household Resource Allocations

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2322
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 09 Jun 2008
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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empirical test, Pareto efficiency, household welfare

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Family Labor Supply, Taxation and Saving in an Imperfect Capital Market

Review of the Economics of the Household, Vo. 8, No. 3, pp. 297-323, 2010, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 10/45
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 08 May 2010 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2010
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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life cycle, female labour supply, taxation, saving, time allocation, household production, child care, imperfect capital market

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Cooperative Household Models

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3127
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 23 Nov 2007
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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generalisation, household, model

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Why the Henry Review Fails on Family Tax Reform

'Australia’s Future Tax System: A Post-Henry Review' Conference, Sydney, June 21-23, 2010, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 10/76
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 17 Aug 2010
Patricia F. Apps
The University of Sydney Law School
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taxation, family payments, time allocation, labour supply, saving, life cycle

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Gender Equity in the Tax-Transfer System for Fiscal Sustainability

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Gender Equity in the Tax-Transfer System for Fiscal Sustainability

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 16/67
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 13 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 25 May 2017
Patricia F. Apps
The University of Sydney Law School
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Taxation, inequality, gender, household labour supply, child care

Gender Equity in the Tax-Transfer System for Fiscal Sustainability

Tax and Transfer Policy Institute - Working Paper 5/2016
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 02 Aug 2016
Patricia F. Apps
The University of Sydney Law School
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Taxation, Inequality, Gender, Household Labour Supply, Child Care

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Optimal Taxation, Child Care and Models of the Household

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Optimal Taxation, Child Care and Models of the Household

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4578
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 05 Feb 2014
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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optimal taxation, labour supply, time use, child care, household production, inequality

Optimal Taxation, Child Care and Models of the Household

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6823
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 06 Oct 2012
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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optimal taxation, time allocation, household production, child care, inequality, labour supply

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The Impact of Pre-School on Adolescents' Outcomes: Evidence from a Recent English Cohort

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6971
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 Nov 2012
Patricia F. Apps, Silvia Mendolia and Ian Walker
The University of Sydney Law School, University of Aberdeen and University of Warwick - Department of Economics
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childcare, child outcomes

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Alternatives to Paying Child Benefit to the Rich: Means Testing or Higher Tax?

CESifo Working Paper No. 8405
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 07 Jul 2020
Patricia F. Apps, Ray Rees, Thor Olav Thoresen and Trine E. Vattø
The University of Sydney Law School, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics, Statistics Norway and Statistics Norway
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child benefit, labour supply, income distribution

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Raise Top Tax Rates, Not the GST

Australian Tax Forum, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 679-693, 2013, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 13/45
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 09 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2015
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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income taxation, consumption taxation, labour supply, inequality, efficiency

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Optimal Taxation, Income Inequality and the Household

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5845
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 04 May 2016
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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Inequality Measurement and Tax/Transfer Policy

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Inequality Measurement and Tax/Transfer Policy

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 20/29
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 12 Jun 2020
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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inequality, equivalence scales, tax/transfer policy, families

Inequality Measurement and Tax/Transfer Policy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13326
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Jun 2020
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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inequality, equivalence scales, tax/transfer policy, families

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Relational Contracts, Taxation and the Household

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4189
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 01 Jun 2009
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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relational contracts, households, allocations, taxation, welfare distribution

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Risk and Saving in Two-Person Households: More Scope for Precautionary Saving

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6824
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 06 Oct 2012
Patricia F. Apps, Yuri Andrienko and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School, The University of Sydney and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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two-earner households, risk order, precautionary saving

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Capital Income Taxation and Household Production

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9607
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 11 Jan 2016
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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optimal capital taxation, household production

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Book Reviews

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 09 Jul 2003
Richard S. Grossman, Mark Blaug, Ruth Klinov, Brian A. Eales, Paul A. Geroski, David B. Audretsch, Jeff Frank, Richard R. Nelson, Bernard Corry, Sheila C. Dow and Patricia F. Apps
Wesleyan University - Economics Department, University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics, London Metropolitan University - Department of Business and Service Sector Management (BSSM), London Business School, Indiana University Bloomington - School of Public & Environmental Affairs (SPEA), University of London, Royal Holloway College - Department of Economics, Columbia University - School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA), University of London School of Law, University of Stirling - Department of Economics and The University of Sydney Law School
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Inequality Measurement and Tax/Transfer Policy

CESifo Working Paper No. 8378
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 23 Jun 2020
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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inequality, equivalence scales, tax/transfer policy, families

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Fertility, Taxation and Family Policy

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 27 Dec 2004
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics
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Individual vs. Joint Taxation in Models with Household Production

CES Working Paper at Univ. of Munich No. 147
Posted: 07 Apr 1998
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics

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The Optimal Taxation of Couples

CES Working Paper at Univ. of Munich No. 145
Posted: 16 Mar 1998
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics

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On the Taxation of Trade within and between Households

CES Working Paper at Univ. of Munich No. 146
Posted: 24 Feb 1998
Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees
The University of Sydney Law School and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Economics

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