This paper analyzes whether taxation can be successfully used to reduce the incidence of labor informality and achieve … market and lower productivity. To illustrate the potential role of taxation in achieving a more fair income distribution, the … effects of taxation are seen in the context of the trade-offs between growth, labor formality and equity. The analysis …

groups over group-specific targeted benefits financed by generalized taxation. These models predict that governments …-that of populist pressure on political parties to spend more on the general public good, financed by costly income taxation …