Lehmann, Etienne; Lucifora, Claudio; Moriconi, Simone; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
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 …