Search Results - subject:"basic Income"

The Targeted Negative Income Tax (Tnit) in Germany : Evidence from a Quasi Experiment

Spermann, Alexander; Strotmann, Harald - 2021

We report empirical evidence from the first field experiments to be conducted in Germany with program and control groups between 1999 and 2002. The evaluated program called "Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT)" is a time-restricted employee subsidy for means-tested welfare recipients. We focus...

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Minimum Wage or Negative Income Tax : Why Skilled Workers May Favor Wage Rigidities

Bacache-Beauvallet, Maya; Lehmann, Etienne - 2021

This article studies the political choice over the extent and the means of income redistribution between high and low skilled workers. Redistributive tools encompass fiscal transfers with negative income tax and minimum wage. Using fiscal instruments only is assumed optimal. We show that high...

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Some Macroeconomic Consequences of Basic Income and Employment Subsidies

Moutos, Thomas; Scarth, William M. - 2021

income redistribution and employment creation. In particular, the introduction of both a guaranteed annual income (basic … income) and an employment subsidy are examined, and these policies are compared to a straightforward tax cut for (unskilled …

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Tax Policy in a Model of Search with Training

Mooij, Ruud A. de; Boone, Jan - 2021

This paper develops a model of search on the labour market with training. The model reveals how the tax system can restore the social optimum if the Hosios condition is not satisfied in the private equilibrium. Furthermore, the effects are explored of a second-best reform from average to...

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A future fit for Wales : a basic income for all : full report

Frayne, David; Goodman, Cleo; Jones, Phil; Kellam, Jack; … - Autonomy Research Ltd - 2021

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Indonesian Economic Policy Universal Basic Income During the COVID-19 Pandemic for National Defense

Yulivan, Ivan - 2021

this study is to analyze Universal Basic Income as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic which can simultaneously strengthen … relevant research strategy theory by identifying ends, ways, and means. The results of this study support universal basic … income as a policy (ways) to deal with the crisis due to COVID-19 pandemic. UBI can provide an increase in Indonesia …

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