Bastani, Spencer; Blomquist, Nils Sören; Micheletto, Luca - 2017 - First version: April, 2012
In this paper we examine the desirability of subsidizing child care expenditures in a model where parents can choose … both the quantity and the quality of child care services they purchase in the market. Our vehicle of analysis is a … Mirrleesian optimal tax framework where child care services not only enable parents to work, but also contribute to children …