suggest that a more progressive tax schedule reduces the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. These findings …

stamps which partially insure productivity risk is greater than the value of unemployment insurance which provides (partial …

optima, non-linear income taxation is a key complement to unemployment insurance. According to the level of the workers …

unemployment. Wages, labor demand and participation are endogenous. The government only observes wage levels. Under a Maximin … is increasing, marginal tax rates are positive everywhere, while wages, unemployment rates and participation rates are …

This paper characterizes the optimal redistributive tax schedule in a matching unemployment framework with endogenous … (voluntary) nonparticipation and (involuntary) unemployment. The optimal employment tax rate is given by an inverse employment …

stamps which partially insure productivity risk is greater than the value of unemployment insurance which provides (partial …) insurance against employment risk and no insurance against persistent shocks. -- Uncertainty ; life-cycle models ; unemployment …