the one hand, wages are lowered and unemployment decreases, on the other hand, the individual labour supply decision is … progressivity is below the actual level. A decomposition approach shows that the optimal level is increased by high unemployment and …

determined by the overall unemployment rate. It is argued both on analytical and numerical grounds that the second alternative is …

the level of the profit tax. The question of wheather there is unemployment or not turns out to be less important. …

workers in service occupations are identified to exhibit rising unemployment due to wage rigidities and are therefore not …

, it reduces unemployment by exerting downward pressure on wages. This trade-off is quantitatively assessed using a … bargaining and involuntary unemployment. In the simulations carried out using this model, the optimal degree of tax progressivity …