Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 1984. / INTRODUCTION: One of the methods utilized by the S.A. Government to stimulate ecomonic growth has been to grant tax incentives for the investment, by industrialists, in capital equipment for use "in a process of manufacture". These incentives comprised the investment allowance as at May 1984, an allowance of 30% of the cost of the capital asset, as an off balance sheet deduction from taxable income, and the initial allowance, currently an allowance of 25% of the cost of the capital asset, which can be written off as depreciation during the first tax year during which the asset is utilized.

Annually, over 25 million people in the United States receive the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Nearly 5 million of those people are lifted out of poverty by the wage supplement the credit provides. A wide body of literature supplies evidence for the positive labor force participation effects of the EITC. However, little is known about the effects of the additional labor supply on the wages of low-income workers. This report employs state-level panel data to estimate the influence of EITC visibility and benefit levels on the wages of occupation groups with high shares of EITC eligible workers. Using OLS regression, I find that a 10 percent increase in the share of the population claiming the EITC corresponds with a 0.3 to 2.2 percent decrease in the median wages of high-EITC eligible sectors, relative to overall median wages. Further, a 10 percent increase in the maximum benefit level of the EITC corresponds with a 0.1 to 0.8 percent decrease in median wages in occupation groups with large shares of EITC eligible workers, relative to overall median wages. These findings provide useful information to policymakers regarding the unintended consequences of the EITC. Policy recommendations include increasing the credit value for childless adults, regularly adjusting the minimum wage for inflation, and financially penalizing employers who engage in unsavory wage behavior. / text

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Thesis (DBA(DoctorateofBusinessAdministration))--University of South Australia, 2003.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Economics, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on March 27, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-98). Also issued in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [100]-104).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Duke University, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-140). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1971. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-140). Also available on the Internet.