Labour Market Rigidities and Environmental Tax Reforms: Welfare Effects of Different Regimes

The working of the labour market is important for the total welfare effects of tax reforms. This paper analyses, by using a computable general equilibrium model for the Norwegian economy, how different assumptions about labour mobility between industries and wage formation influence the non-environmental welfare effects of an environmental tax reform. Three different alternatives are analysed; competitive labour market, immobility and wage rigidity, and wage formation through union wage bargaining. The welfare effects differ substantially between the alternatives, depending especially on the total tax wedge on labour.

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Year of publication:	1998
Authors:	Bye, Brita
Publisher:	Oslo : Statistics Norway, Research Department
Subject:	Dynamic equilibrium analysis \| Imperfect labour markets \| Environmental tax reforms

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Series:	Discussion Papers ; 242
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/192225 [Handle] RePEc:ssb:dispap:242 [RePEc]
Classification:	C68 - Computable General Equilibrium Models ; D58 - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models ; D60 - Welfare Economics. General ; D90 - Intertemporal Choice and Growth. General ; H20 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue. General ; J51 - Trade Unions: Objectives Structure, and Effects ; J60 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies. General ; Q43 - Energy and the Macroeconomy
Source:	EconStor

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