Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 2,377
Cover Image
Monopsony power, income taxation and welfare
Hummel, Albert Jan - 2021
This paper studies the implications of monopsony power for optimal income taxation and welfare. Firms observe workers' abilities while the government does not and monopsony power determines what share of the labor market surplus is translated into profits. Monopsony power increases the tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545131
Cover Image
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372518
Cover Image
Tax liability side equivalence in gift-exchange labor markets
Riedl, Arno; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2003
Tax Liability Side Equivalence (tax LSE) claims that the statutory incidence of a tax is irrelevant for its economic incidence. In gift-exchange labor markets, firms provide a gift to workers by paying high wages, and workers reciprocate by providing high efforts. Tax LSE is theoretically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333878
Cover Image
Tax liability side equivalence in gift-exchange labor markets
Riedl, Arno; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001792774
Cover Image
Optimal sharing of labor productivity risks and mix of pay-as-you-go and savings
Kusmerski, Debora - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003739012
Cover Image
The impact of wealth on job exit rates of elderly workers
Bloemen, Hans G. - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003408872
Cover Image
Optimal sharing of labor productivity risks and mix of pay-as-you-go and savings
Kusmerski Bilard, Debora - 2008
-As-You-Go (PAYG) social security, and the mix ofPAYG and savings for retirement provision in a small open economy. It shows that … paper also provides acondition for partial displacement of savings by the PAYG, which is in line with vastempirical evidence. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376622
Cover Image
Generational accounting, solidarity and pension losses
Teulings, Coen N.; Vries, Casper G. de - 2003
consumption and portfolio theory shows that the younger generations should have the higher equity exposure due to their human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334341
Cover Image
Non-take-up of tax-favored savings plans : are household portfolios optimal?
Alessie, Rob; Hochgürtel, Stefan; Soest, Arthur van - 2001
Since the early nineties, the Dutch tax system allows for a tax-favored form of risk free savings through employer …-sponsored savings plans (ESSPs). Under some conditions and up to a certain amount, the contributions to this planare tax-deductible, and … suggests that those who have access to this type of savings should participate inthem, provided they have some financial wealth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325658
Cover Image
Saving and habit formation : evidence from Dutch panel data
Alessie, Rob; Teppa, Federica - 2002
This paper focuses on the role of habit formation in individual preferencesover consumption and saving. We closely relate to Alessie and Lusardi's(1997) model as we estimate a model which is based on their closed-formsolution, where saving is expressed as a function of lagged saving and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327546