In this paper we argue that, for a given overall level of labour income taxation, a more progressive tax schedule … increases employment. From a theoretical point of view, higher progressivity increases overall employment through a wage … moderating effect and also because employment of low-paid workers is more elastic to wages. We test these theoretical predictions …

We study interactions between progressive labor taxation and social security reform. Increasing longevity puts fiscal …

This paper characterizes the optimal redistributive taxation when individuals are heterogeneous in two exogenous …-off. -- Non-linear taxation ; redistribution ; adverse selection ; random participation ; unemployment ; labor market frictions …

This paper characterizes optimal income taxation when individuals respond along both the intensive and extensive …

(voluntary) nonparticipation and (involuntary) unemployment. The optimal employment tax rate is given by an inverse employment … elasticity rule. This rule depends on the global response of the employment rate, which depends not only on the participation … responses. For plausible parameters, our matching environment induces much lower employment tax rates than the usual competitive …

and the impacts of labour tax progression on domestic wage setting and employment. The wage elasticity of domestic labour … employment and a negative effect on outsourcing. -- Outsourcing ; wage negotiation ; labour tax progression ; employment …

relative tax burden per worker constant, has a wage moderating and a positive effect on employment and negative effect on …

-neutral change in the composition of labour taxation towards the tax with the smaller tax base will lead to the same results: they … moderate wages, workers' effort, effective labour input and aggregate output. Whether employment rises or falls, however … labour productivity and thus thwarts the positive employment effect of wage moderation. …

What are the impacts of labor tax reform on wage setting and employment to keep the relative tax burden per low … of low-skilled workers, whereas it will decrease (increase) employment of high-skilled workers in CES utility function …. -- heterogeneous domestic labor markets ; wage bargaining ; impacts of labor taxation ; outsourcing …