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Distribution and growth in an economy with limited needs

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001

This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...

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Wages, unemployment, and the underground economy

Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - 2003

unemployment. A higher audit rate has an ambiguous impact on unemployment, and may actually increase the size of the underground …

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Tax effects, search unemployment, and the choice of educational type

Alstadsæter, Annette (contributor); … - 2005

educational type with high consumption value and low effort costs. This increases the skill mismatch and aggregate unemployment in …

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Optimal taxation in search equilibrium with home production

Engström, Per; Holmlund, Bertil; Kolm, Ann-Sofie - 2001

and 'services' are produced both in the market and within the households. We use the model to examine how unemployment and … services reduces unemployment whereas a tax cut on goods has no effect. A reform involving tax differentiation, with lower …

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