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Well-being, poverty and labor income taxation : theory and application to Europe and the U.S.
Maniquet, François; Neumann, Dirk - 2016
tax schemes that alleviate poverty. To avoid conflict with individual well-being, we require redistribution to take place … between agents on both sides of the poverty line provided they have the same labor time. This requirement is combined with … yields the following evaluation criterion: tax schemes should minimize the labor time required to reach the poverty line. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528840
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Well-Being, Poverty and Labor Income Taxation : Theory and Application to Europe and the U.S
Maniquet, Francois - 2016
tax schemes that alleviate poverty. To avoid conflict with individual well-being, we require redistribution to take place … between agents on both sides of the poverty line provided they have the same labor time. This requirement is combined with … yields the following evaluation criterion: tax schemes should minimize the labor time required to reach the poverty line. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983894
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Well-being, poverty and labor income taxation : theory and application to Europe and the U.S.
Maniquet, François; Neumann, Dirk - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011893994
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Accounting for family background when designing optimal income taxes : a microeconometric simulation analysis
Aaberge, Rolf; Colombino, Ugo - 2009
The purpose of this paper is to introduce and adopt a generalised version of Roemer's (1998) Equality of Opportunity (EOp) framework, which we call extended EOp, for analysing second-best optimal income taxation. Unlike the pure EOp criterion of Roemer (1998) the extended EOp criterion allows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923608
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An Analysis of Effective Marginal Tax Rates in Quebec
Duclos, Jean-Yves - 2007
This article draws up a portrait of effective marginal tax rates (EMTRs) on labour income in Quebec. It aims at allowing a better understanding of the impact of tax policy on the behavior of economic agents. Using an accounting microsimulation model that reproduces the system of taxes and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012728479
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Optimal Control of Externalities in the Presence of Income Taxation
Kaplow, Louis - 2007
A substantial literature examines second-best environmental policy, focusing particularly on how the Pigouvian directive that marginal taxes should equal marginal external harms needs to be modified in light of the preexisting distortion due to labor income taxation. Additional literature is...
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Uncertainty and the Double Dividend Hypothesis
Sartzetakis, Eftichios; Tsigaris, Panagiotis D. - 2007
This paper examines the double dividend hypothesis in the presence of labour income uncertainty. Empirical evidence shows that uncertainty over labour income is particularly significant in developing, while not negligible in developed countries. Under uncertainty, and assuming incomplete capital...
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Optimal taxation of risky human capital
Jacobs, Bas; Schindler, Dirk; Yang, Hongyan - 2009
In a model with ex-ante homogenous households, earnings risk and a general earnings function, we derive the optimal linear labor tax rate and optimal linear education subsidies. The optimal income tax trades off social insurance against incentives to work and to invest in human capital....
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On the desirability of taxing capital income to reduce moral hazard in social insurance
Jacobs, Bas; Schindler, Dirk - 2009
This paper analyzes optimal linear taxes on labor income and savings in a standard two-period life-cycle model with endogenous leisure demands in both periods and non-insurable income risks. Households are subject to skill shocks in both periods of the life-cycle. We allow for completely general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887539
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Optimal tax progressivity in unionised labour markets : what are the driving forces?
Boeters, Stefan - 2009
In labour markets with collective wage bargaining higher progressivity of the labour income tax creates a trade-off. On the one hand, wages are lowered and unemployment decreases, on the other hand, the individual labour supply decision is distorted at the hours-of-work margin. The optimal level...
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