Motu Research Analysts on Ending Inequality in One ‘Easy’ Step, Passing Exams without Studying, Mansion Taxes, Volcanic Smog, Drug Prices, Whether Carbon Taxes Kill Jobs, the Economic Guide to Picking a Uni Course, Two Obligatory Trump Mentions, And More
View on Interest.co.nz website"This blog post by Resources for the Future (one of the institutes our own Motu Research was modelled on) wades into the debate on carbon taxation in the US. President Trump has been quick to call this move "job-killing" - these authors directly counter that argument using economic analysis (see the full research report). They find that the long-run impacts of a carbon tax on US employment are actually quite small. Building on previous research, they constructed a new model considering key aspects of the labour market, such as unemployment, job search, and the distinction between the number of workers and the hours per worker."
