, it reduces unemployment by exerting downward pressure on wages. This trade-off is quantitatively assessed using a … bargaining and involuntary unemployment. In the simulations carried out using this model, the optimal degree of tax progressivity … ; tax progressivity ; optimal taxation ; collective wage bargaining ; unemployment ; microsimulation ; computable general …

in the initial conditions. The effect of the initial unemployment rate is particularly strong. The higher initial … unemployment. the higher optimal tax progressivity. Another important driver is the general tax level. High taxes in the initial …

, it reduces unemployment by exerting downward pressure on wages. This trade-off is quantitatively assessed using a … bargaining and involuntary unemployment. In the simulations carried out using this model, the optimal degree of tax progressivity …