Within a Mirrlees framework of optimal taxation, we add a new heterogeneity between individuals who differ not only in their marginal productivity, but also in their initial endowment of a good which is interpreted as aggregate consumption. We consider other goods, such as public hospital care...

We analyze the income effect on the probability of visiting a doctor from a french survey. We show that for people with low income this probability is increasing with income, even if they have a private insurance

Within a framework of optimal taxation a la Mirrlees, we add a new heterogeneity between the individuals who differ not only on their marginal productivity, but also on their initial endowment in a good which is interpreted as an aggregate consumption. We consider other goods in the economy...