of the impact of trade are related to their career paths, job characteristics, and local labor market conditions …. Surprisingly, given prior literature, we find that workers' perceptions primarily reflect local labor market conditions and … education rather than labor market experiences or job characteristics. -- globalization ; trade ; job characteristics ; local …

optima, non-linear income taxation is a key complement to unemployment insurance. According to the level of the workers …

levels and endogenous involuntary unemployment due to frictions in the labor markets. Redistributive taxation distorts labor … demand and wages. Compared to their efficient values, gross wages, unemployment and participation are lower. Average tax …

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 wage moderation that boosts labor demand. We design the optimal …

non-market activities. Search-matching frictions on the labor markets create unemployment. Wages, labor demand and … distorts labor demand upwards. The marginal tax rate is positive at the top of the skill distribution even when the latter is …

with less perverse effect on unemployment. Time inconsistency is more likely due to lack of credibility than to the short … between government and social partners. -- unemployment ; inequality ; wage rigidity ; time inconsistency …