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A Note on Redistributive Taxation, Labor Supply, and National Income

BP2-STS

  • 2003
Published in:
  • International Journal of Business and Economics. - 2003, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 39-48
Backward-bending labor supply
Linear income tax
National income
English This paper shows that redistributive taxation can raise per capita income provided that labor supply is sufficiently backward-bending at higher wage rates. Moreover, we study general equilibrium effects regarding work incentives for less able individuals. Finally, we show that optimal taxation typically requires per capita income to decrease with higher taxation at the margin.
Faculty
Faculté des sciences économiques et sociales et du management
Department
Département d'économie politique
Language
  • English
Classification
Economics
License
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Open access status
green
Persistent URL
https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/323689
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