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Deserving poor and the desirability of a minimum wage
Blumḳin, Tomer; Danziger, Leif - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 7 (2018) 6, pp. 1-17
This paper provides a normative justification for the use of a minimum wage as a redistributive tool in a competitive labor market. We show that a government interested in improving the wellbeing of the deserving poor, while being less concerned with their undeserving counterparts, can use a...
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Deserving poor and the desirability of a minimum wage
Blumḳin, Tomer; Danziger, Leif - 2014
This paper provides a novel justification for using a minimum wage to supplement an optimal tax-and-transfer system. We demonstrate that if labor supply decisions are concentrated along the intensive margin and employment is efficiently rationed, a minimum wage can be socially beneficial by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010402108
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Deserving Poor and the Desirability of a Minimum Wage
Blumkin, Tomer; Danziger, Leif - 2014
This paper provides a novel justification for using a minimum wage to supplement an optimal tax-and-transfer system. We demonstrate that if labor supply decisions are concentrated along the intensive margin and employment is efficiently rationed, a minimum wage can be socially beneficial by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010409382
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Deserving Poor and the Desirability of a Minimum Wage
Blumkin, Tomer; Danziger, Leif - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper provides a novel justification for using a minimum wage to supplement an optimal tax-and-transfer system. We demonstrate that if labor supply decisions are concentrated along the intensive margin and employment is efficiently rationed, a minimum wage can be socially beneficial by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959627
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The desirability of workfare as a welfare ordeal: Revisited
Blumkin, Tomer; Margalioth, Yoram; Sadka, Efraim - 2010
attain some minimal level of utility. Our argument suggests that when misreporting of income by welfare claimants is … sufficiently manifest, introducing work requirements for welfare eligibility economizes on government expenditure and is socially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272664
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The Desirability of Workfare as a Welfare Ordeal – Revisited
Blumkin, Tomer; Margalioth, Yoram; Sadka, Efraim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
attain some minimal level of utility. Our argument suggests that when misreporting of income by welfare claimants is … sufficiently manifest, introducing work requirements for welfare eligibility economizes on government expenditure and is socially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466470
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Pensionamento flessibile e (ri)equilibrio tra generazioni
Salerno, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The paper proposes a method to speed up the transition toward the notional contributions pension system in Italy. It seems the most appropriate manner to combine and pursue employment and financial sustainability goals. The method computes percentages for abating the old retributive pensions...
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Deserving Poor and the Desirability of a Minimum Wage
Blumkin, Tomer - 2014
This paper provides a novel justification for using a minimum wage to supplement an optimal tax-and-transfer system. We demonstrate that if labor supply decisions are concentrated along the intensive margin and employment is efficiently rationed, a minimum wage can be socially beneficial by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047853
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A case for maximum wage
Blumkin, Tomer; Sadka, Efraim; Shem-Tov, Yotam - In: Economics Letters 120 (2013) 3, pp. 374-378
In this paper we demonstrate that supplementing the optimal non-linear income tax system with a binding maximum wage rule attains a Pareto improvement, by serving to mitigate the mimicking incentives of the high-skill individuals without entailing distortions.
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INCOMPLETE PROPERTY RIGHTS, REDISTRIBUTION, AND WELFARE
Amegashie, J. Atsu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
efficiency-enhancing redistribution improves everyone’s welfare including the welfare of those whose labor finances the …In a world where the private protection of property is costly, government redistribution can lead to an increase in … redistribution of income. Under certain conditions, redistribution becomes desirable in situations where the state has exhausted its …
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