This paper investigates the work incentives aspect of the new tax credit called Prime au travail introduced by the Quebec government in January 2005. The problem of work incentives is discussed and a review of the literature pertaining to the American, English and French experiences in this...

This paper analyses the effect of a tax mix modification. More precisely, the authors assess the relevance of increasing consumption taxes and at the same time decreasing income taxes. Several arguments in favour of modifying the tax mix are analysed such as its impacts on savings, on labour...

Le PERP, mis en place en 2003, occupe une place centrale dans le dispositif d'épargne retraite par capitalisation en France. Nous étudions son caractère redistributif en calculant les taux de rendement interne pour des situations types qui varient en fonctions de la catégorie sociale, du...