This paper computes the optimal progressivity of the income tax code in a dynamic general equilibrium model with household heterogeneity in which uninsurable labor productivity risk gives rise to a nontrivial income and wealth distribution. A progressive tax system serves as a partial substitute...

En este artículo cuantificamos las consecuencias para la economía española de subir los tipos del Impuesto sobre el Valor Añadido (IVA). Con este fin comparamos los resultados de dos modelos econímicos: un modelo de crecimiento neoclásico tradicional con un hogar y una empresa...

In this paper we quantitatively characterize the optimal capital and labor income tax in an overlapping generations model with idiosyncratic, uninsurable income shocks, where households also differ permanently with respect to their ability to generate income. The welfare criterion we employ is...

This paper computes the optimal progressivity of the income tax code in a dynamic general equilibrium model with household heterogeneity in which uninsurable labour productivity risk gives rise to a nontrivial income and wealth distribution. A progressive tax system serves as a partial...

This paper explores the role of underground economic activities as an explanation for cross-country differences in registered aggregate fluctuations. In order to do so, we develop a two-sector Real Business Cycle model calibrated to the USA economy. In our model, individuals will participate or...

The quantitative macroeconomics literature has documented that in the basic Overlapping Generations model a privatization of the social security system, going from a Pay-As-You-Go to a Fully Funded system, generates large long run welfare gains at the cost of substantial welfare losses for...

This paper computes the optimal progressivity of the income tax code in a dynamic general equilibrium model with household heterogeneity in which uninsurable labor productivity risk gives rise to a nontrivial income and wealth distribution. A progressive tax system serves as a partial substitute...

This paper focuses on timing of fertility decisions, conditional on the level of educational attainment of parents. Timing of fertility and educational attainment of parents rationalize the negative relationship observed in the data between hourly wages and childbearing. It is shown how the...

Este articulo analiza los efectos de dos posibles reformas en la financiacion del actual sistema de Seguridad Social en Espana, y cuantifica los efectos de dichas reformas sobre los principales agregados macroeconomicos. El tipo de reformas que se analizan son la sustitucion del actual regimen...