AMINE, Samir; SANTOS, Pedro LAGES DOS - In: Theoretical and Applied Economics XVIII(2012) (2012) 1(566), pp. 41-56
This article examines the effects of the negative income tax, in a matching model, on labor market participation. We show that the introduction of such instrument reduces unemployment and improves the situation of the poorest. But, amazingly, it provokes a fall on labor market participation...