기사
Taxes and Employment Subsidies in Optimal Redistribution Programs /
- 개인저자
- Beaudry, Paul ;, Blackorby, Charles ;, Szalay, Dezsoarles ;
- 수록페이지
- 216-242 p.
- 발행일자
- 2009.03.09
- 출판사
- American Economic Association
초록
[영문]AbstractThis paper explores how to optimally set taxes and transfers when taxation authorities are uninformed about individuals' value of time in both market and nonmarket activities; and can observe both market-income and time allocated to market employment. We show that optimal redistribution in this environment involves a cutoff wage whereby workers above the cutoff are taxed as they increase their income, while workers earning a wage below the cutoff receive an income supplement as they increase their income. Finally, we show that the optimal program transfers zero income to individuals who choose not to work