Union strategy and optimal income taxation

Restrictions on work hours are more important in countries with a large welfare state. We show that this empirical observation is consistent with the strategic effects of such restrictions in a welfare state in the context of optimal direct taxation in the tradition of Mirrlees (1971). Our results also apply to nonwelfarist states which have income redistribution, but not in purely extortionary states.

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Alternative title:	Gewerkschaftsstrategie und optimale Einkommensteuer
Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Kessing, Sebastian G. ; Konrad, Kai A.
Publisher:	Berlin : Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
Subject:	Optimal income taxation \| labor unions \| work hours

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Series:	WZB Discussion Paper ; SP II 2005-04
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/51088 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:wzbmpg:SPII200504 [RePEc]
Classification:	H21 - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation ; H23 - Externalities; Redistributive Effects ; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
Source:	EconStor

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