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Redistribution and education subsidies are siamese twins
Bovenberg, Ary Lans; Jacobs, Bas - 2003
We develop models of optimal linear and non-linear income taxation with endogenous human capital formation to explore optimal education subsidies. Optimal subsidies on education ensure efficiency in human capital accumulation and thus play an important role in alleviating the tax distortions on...
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Efficient progressive taxes and education subsidies
Ewijk, Casper van; Tang, Paul J. G. - 2001
Progressive income taxes moderate wage demands by trade unions and thereby reduce unemployment, but alsothey reduce incentives to acquire skills and lower productivity of workers. The optimal response of the governmentto this dilemma is to choose a system of progressive taxes and to (partly)...
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Progressive taxes, equity, and human capital accumulation in an endogenous model with overlapping generations
Bovenberg, Ary Lans; Ewijk, Casper van - 1995
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Gender and redistribution : experimental evidence
Buser, Thomas; Putterman, Louis G.; Weele, Joël J. van der - 2016
Gender differences in voting patterns and political attitudes towards redistribution are well-documented. The … experiments on preferences for redistribution conducted in the U.S. and several European countries to disentangle these potential …
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When a price is enough : implementation in optimal tax design
Renes, Sander; Zoutman, Floris T. - 2014
This paper studies the design of tax systems that implement a planner's second-best allocation in a market economy. An example shows that the widely used Mirrleesian (1976) tax system cannot implement all incentive-compatible allocations. Hammond's (1979) "principle of taxation" proves that any...
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The political economy of commitment to policies
Delfgaauw, Josse; Swank, Otto H. - 2023
IPCC (2022) documents a looming gap between climate goals and implemented policies and points to a lack of political commitment. We study policymakers' incentives to commit. A policymaker decides on a policy to encourage citizens to make investments and determines the degree of flexibility to...
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Analyzing a flat income tax in the Netherlands
Jacobs, Bas; Mooij, Ruud A. de; Folmer, Cees - 2007
A flat tax rate on income has gained popularity in European countries. This paper assesses the attractiveness of such a flat tax in achieving redistributive objectives with the least cost to labour market performance. We do so by using a detailed applied general equilibrium model for the...
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Are education subsidies an efficient redistributive device?
Dur, Robert A. J.; Teulings, Coen N. - 2003
.Hence, a given compression of after-tax incomes can be achievedat lower marginal tax rates. Optimal redistribution policy faces …
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Education and efficient redistribution
Dur, Robert A. J.; Teulings, Coen N. - 2003 - This version: June 2003
Should education be subsidized for the purpose of redistribution? The usual argument against subsidies to education … the absence of a strive for redistribution, the market generates the efficient level of investment in human capital. When … there is a demand for redistribution, the general equilibrium effects on relative wages might make a subsidy to education an …
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Top incomes, rising inequality, and welfare
Lansing, Kevin J.; Markiewicz, Agnieszka - 2012
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