6.26.23. Junjie Guo, Kim Ruhl and Ananth Seshadri. In this report we evaluate the economic impact of the Wisconsin State Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC)’s plan to cut the state’s individual income tax rates.
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Five Options to Lower the Income Tax Rates in Wisconsin
5.17.23. Junjie Guo, Kim Ruhl and Ananth Seshadri. In this report we evaluate five options to lower the income tax rates in Wisconsin, which are higher than the rates in most other states.
The Economic Impact of Lowering Income Tax Rates in Wisconsin
2.24.23. Junjie Guo, Kim J. Ruhl and Ananth Seshadri. This CROWE report presents a model of the Wisconsin economy and its tax system, and shows that reducing the state’s individual income tax rates will increase output and household consumption significantly.
On the Allocation of Resources Between UW-Madison and UWM
7.20.21. Ananth Seshadri. Should we reallocate resources away from UW-Madison to UWMilwaukee (UWM) to equalize per student state appropriations? This report brings the best available evidence to bear and finds no basis for such a reallocation.
Fetzer Initiative on Economic Opportunity Policy Brief
10.19. Ananth Seshadri. The UW-System faces price controls like none of its peers. This policy brief provides some background for this freeze. It brings the best available evidence to bear on returns to college, investing in the UW-System, and college debt.
Jobs, Skills and the Prison-to-Work Transition
8.19. Junjie Guo, Ananth Seshadri and Christopher Taber. Using county-level data on prison admission, prison release, parole supervision and employment opportunities by industry and skill requirements, we estimate the effect of the number of low-skill new hires by industry at the time of prison release on recidivism in Wisconsin.
UW-Madison and the State of Wisconsin
9.10.18. Ananth Seshadri. The higher education landscape has changed considerably over the past few decades. As government funding for health care has increased in virtually every state in the United States, support for higher education has taken a backseat.