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Optimal wage redistribution in the presence of adverse selection in the labor market

Bastani, Spencer; Blumḳin, Tomer; Micheletto, Luca - 2015

In this paper we allude to a novel role played by the non-linear income tax system in the presence of adverse selection in the labor market due to asymmetric information between workers and firms. We show that an appropriate choice of the tax schedule enables the government to affect the wage...

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The redistribution of trade gains when income inequality matters

De Pinto, Marco - In: Economies : open access journal 3 (2015) 4, pp. 186-215

How does a redistribution of trade gains affect welfare when income inequality matters? To answer this question, we … extend the [1] model to unionized labor markets and heterogeneous workers. As redistribution schemes, we consider … redistribution scheme is to finance unemployment benefits by a wage tax. …

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Redistribution and education subsidies are siamese twins

Bovenberg, Ary Lans; Jacobs, Bas - 2003

We develop models of optimal linear and non-linear income taxation with endogenous human capital formation to explore optimal education subsidies. Optimal subsidies on education ensure efficiency in human capital accumulation and thus play an important role in alleviating the tax distortions on...

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Subsistence level and theory of the welfare state

Eichner, Thomas - 2015

redistribution mechanism of incomes. Sinn (1995) has developed a normative theory of the welfare state in this view. On a …-time incomes. Our paper extends this theory of the welfare state by allowing for incomes which may fall below a subsistence level …

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Regime type, inequality, and redistributive transfers in developing countries

Dodlova, Marina; Giolbas, Anna - 2015

The debate on whether democracy and inequality increase the level of redistribution in a country is still ongoing. We … construct a model that predicts a higher probability of redistribution in democracies than in autocracies. Further, with higher … initial inequality, there should be more redistribution in democracies but not necessarily in autocracies. We test these …

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Normative analysis with societal constraints

Boadway, Robin W.; Martineau, Nicolas-Guillaume - 2013

This paper examines the question of achieving a societal consensus around redistributive policies. Its extent is measured by the degree of work participation among the different skill classes that populate the economy. This consensus is driven both by the material incentives and heterogeneous...

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The paradox of redistribution revisited : and that it may rest in peace?

Marx, Ive; Salanauskaite, Lina; Verbist, Gerlinde - 2013

fact become a very weak one. For what it matters, targeting tends to be associated with higher levels of redistribution …

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Conspicuous leisure : optimal income taxation when both relative consumption and relative leisure matter

Aronsson, Thomas; Johansson-Stenman, Olof - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 115 (2013) 1, pp. 155-175

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Optimal income taxation and the labour market : an overview

Boadway, Robin W.; Tremblay, Jean-François - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 59 (2013) 1, pp. 93-148

This article presents a survey of how optimal income taxation is influenced by labour market considerations. We begin with the standard supply-side optimal income tax model of Mirrlees, and outline the various extensions to that model. We then consider how optimal taxation is affected by various...

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Human capital mobility : implications for efficiency, income distribution, and policy

Wildasin, David E. - 2014

Mobility of highly-skilled workers affects and is affected by labor market conditions, taxes, and other policies. This paper documents the demographic and fiscal importance of international migration, especially in aging societies, reviews the efficiency and distributional effects of mobility,...

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