[fre] Cet article étudie si la mise en place d’une allocation universelle pourrait réduire à la fois le chômage et les inégalités. La présence d’allocation universelle se traduit par davantage de progressivité dans le système fiscal, ce qui réduit la pression salariale exprimée...

This paper characterizes optimal non-linear income taxation in an economy with a continuum of unobservable productivity levels and endogenous involuntary unemployment due to frictions in the labor markets. Redistributive taxation distorts labor demand and wages. Compared to their efficient...

This article studies the political choice over the extent and the means of income redistribution between high and low skilled workers. Redistributive tools encompass fiscal transfers with negative income tax and minimum wage. Using fiscal instruments only is assumed optimal. We show that high...