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Changes in Income Distributions and the Role of Tax-Benefit Policy During the Great Recession : An International Perspective

Bargain, Olivier - 2014

This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely … 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear whether changes in inequality and poverty rates over this time … decreasing inequality and relative poverty in the UK, France and especially in Ireland, a country where rising unemployment would …

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A Simple Theory of Optimal Redistributive Taxation with Equilibrium Unemployment

Hungerbühler, Mathias - 2010

We propose a canonical model of optimal nonlinear redistributive taxation with matching unemployment. In our model, agents are endowed with different skill levels and labor markets are perfectly segmented by skill. The government only observes negotiated wages. More progressive taxation leads to...

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Efficient Subsidization of Human Capital Accumulation with Overlapping Generations and Endogenous Growth

Richter, Wolfram F. - 2010

This paper studies second-best policies in an OLG model in which endogenous growth results from human capital accumulation. When young, individuals decide on education, saving, and nonqualified labour. When old, individuals supply qualified labour. Growth equilibria are inefficient in...

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Optimal Income Taxation with Endogenous Participation and Search Unemployment

Lehmann, Etienne; Parmentier, Alexis; Van der Linden, Bruno - 2021

This paper characterizes the optimal redistributive taxation when individuals are heterogeneous in two exogenous dimensions: their skills and their values of non-market activities. Search-matching frictions on the labor markets create unemployment. Wages, labor demand and participation are...

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