Lehmann, Etienne; Lucifora, Claudio; Moriconi, Simone; … - HAL - 2013
This paper argues that, for a given overall level of labour income taxation, a more progressive tax schedule reduces … these theoretical predictions on a panel of 21 OECD countries over 1998-2008. Controlling for the burden of taxation at the … average wage, we show that a more progressive taxation reduces the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. These …