Ooghe, Erwin; Schokkaert, Erik - Centrum voor Economische Studiën, Faculteit Economie … - 2008
ELIE can be interpreted as a minimum income scheme, financed by lump-sum taxes. It may induce social waste as individuals with a low taste for working may opt for voluntary unemployment. We simulate the magnitude of this social waste with microdata for Belgium and compare ELIE with a firstbest...