average wage, we show that a more progressive taxation reduces the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. These …This paper argues that, for a given overall level of labour income taxation, a more progressive tax schedule reduces … the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. From a theoretical point of view, higher progressivity induces a …

In this paper we argue that, for a given overall level of labour income taxation, a more progressive tax schedule … increases employment. From a theoretical point of view, higher progressivity increases overall employment through a wage … moderating effect and also because employment of low-paid workers is more elastic to wages. We test these theoretical predictions …

We study interactions between progressive labor taxation and social security reform. Increasing longevity puts fiscal …

gain from such a reform is modest, however. It amounts to no more than two euros per person per month. -- labour taxation … ; tax progressivity ; optimal taxation ; collective wage bargaining ; unemployment ; microsimulation ; computable general …

by the general tax level. -- labour taxation ; tax progressivity ; optimal taxation ; collective wage bargaining …