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Optimal wage redistribution in the presence of adverse selection in the labor market
Bastani, Spencer; Blumḳin, Tomer; Micheletto, Luca - 2015
In this paper we allude to a novel role played by the non-linear income tax system in the presence of adverse selection in the labor market due to asymmetric information between workers and firms. We show that an appropriate choice of the tax schedule enables the government to affect the wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289068
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Redistribution and insurance with simple tax instruments
Findeisen, Sebastian; Sachs, Dominik - 2015
provide a novel decomposition of labor income tax formulas into a redistribution and an insurance component. The latter is … capital tax is non-zero and trades off redistribution and insurance against savings distortions. Our quantitative results … bound on optimal taxes: even for welfare functions that do not value redistribution, marginal tax rates are positive for all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283108
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How should capital be taxed? : theory and evidence from Sweden
Bastani, Spencer; Waldenström, Daniel - 2018
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of capital taxation in advanced economies with a focus on the Swedish experience. We synthesize the existing theoretical literature, present facts about the capital stock and its distribution, review current capital tax practices and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845732
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Distribution and growth in an economy with limited needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001
more unevenly distributed then productivity, technical progress always increases inequality. Redistribution from profits to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401020
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Minimum wages and insurance within the firm
Adamopoulou, Effrosyni; Manaresi, Francesco; Rachedi, Omar - 2021
Minimum wages alter the allocation of firm-idiosyncratic risk across workers. To establish this result, we focus on Italy, and leverage employer-employee data matched to firm balance sheets and hand-collected wage floors. We find a relatively larger pass-through of firm-specific labor-demand...
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A fresh look at fiscal redistribution and inequality in the US across electoral cycles
Sala, Hector - 2018
which this ratio increases coincide with those in which Democrats rule the government and there is more redistribution from … the power are characterized by a fall in the ratio and less redistribution from the rich to the rest of the population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913675
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Human capital and optimal redistribution
Koeniger, Winfried; Prat, Julien - 2014
We characterize optimal redistribution in a dynastic family model with human capital. We show how a government can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440541
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Are intellectual property rights fair?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2002
If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledgeintensive activities and … reduction reduces statis inefficiency. On the other hand, standard redistribution also reduces the level of R and D because it … that standard redistribution always dominates limitations to IPRs. …
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Insurance, redistribution, and the inequality of lifetime income
Haan, Peter; Kemptner, Daniel; Prowse, Victoria - 2018
lifetime earnings risk. Based on a dynamic life-cycle model, we find that redistribution through the tax-and -transfer system …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011795062
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Fiscal policy, economic integration and unemployment
Eggert, Wolfgang (contributor); Goerke, Laszlo (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001829804