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How does a tax on labor income influence the equilibrium quantity of employment?
 
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Competitive market equilibrium is a market equilibrium with many buyers and sellers.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 29, 2018
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A tax on labor income drives a wedge between the after-tax wage rate of workers and the before-tax wage rate paid by firms. The tax on labor income decreases the supply of labor. That is, for each before-tax wage rate, workers provide a lower quantity of labor when faced with a tax that lowers their after-tax wage. The decrease in labor supply raises the before-tax wage rate, even though the after-tax wage rate received by workers falls. The decrease in labor supply also means that the quantity of employment at full employment (i.e., equilibrium employment in the labor market) falls.

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