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Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Sandvik, Bjørn; Staume, Odd Rune - 2003

We analyse the question of optimal taxation in a dual economy, when the government is concerned about the distribution of labour income. Income inequality is caused by the presence of sunk capital investments, which creates a good jobs sector due to the capture of quasi-rents by trade unions. We...

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Good jobs, bad jobs and redistribution

Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Sandvik, Bjørn; Straume, Odd Rune - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) - 2002

We analyse the question of optimal taxation in a dual economy, when the government is concerned about the distribution of labour income. Income inequality is caused by the presence of sunk capital investments, which creates a .good jobs. sector due to the capture of quasi-rents by trade unions....

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Good Jobs, Bad Jobs and Redistribution

Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Sandvik, B.; Straume, Odd Rune - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

We analyse the question of optimal taxation in a dual economy, when the policy-maker is concerned about the distribution of labour income. Income inequality is caused by the presence of sunk capital investments, which creates a ‘good jobs’ sector due to the capture of quasi-rents by trade...

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Good Jobs, Bad Jobs and Redistribution

Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Sandvik, Bjorn; Straume, Odd Rune - 2021

We analyse the question of optimal taxation in a dual economy, when the government is concerned about the distribution of labour income. Income inequality is caused by the presence of sunk capital investments, which creates a "good jobs" sector due to the capture of quasi-rents by trade unions....

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Good Jobs, Bad Jobs and Redistribution

Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Sandvik, Bjørn; Staume, Odd Rune - 2003

We analyse the question of optimal taxation in a dual economy, when the government is concerned about the distribution of labour income. Income inequality is caused by the presence of sunk capital investments, which creates a good jobs' sector due to the capture of quasi-rents by trade unions....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315853

Good Jobs, Bad Jobs and Redistribution

Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Sandvik, Bjørn; Staume, Odd Rune - CESifo - 2003

We analyse the question of optimal taxation in a dual economy, when the government is concerned about the distribution of labour income. Income inequality is caused by the presence of sunk capital investments, which creates a ‘good jobs’ sector due to the capture of quasi-rents by trade...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765638

Tax Progression in Imperfect Labour Markets : A Survey

Mathias, HUNGERBUEHLER - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2004

We look at the effect of tax progression in imperfect labour markets. The models considered are union models, an equilibrium search model with wage bargaining, an equilibrium search model with wage posting by firms and efficiency wage models. We find that in all basic models, an increase in tax...

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Good Jobs, Bad Jobs and Redistribution.

Lommerud, K.E.; Sandvik, B.; Straume, O.R. - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2001

We analyse the question of optimal taxation in a dual economy, when the government is concerned about the distribution of labour incom. Income inequality is caused by the presence of sunk capital investments, which creates a 'good jobs' sector due to the capture of quasi-rents by trade unions.

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Labor Market Institutions and Redistributive Voting

Dimick, Matthew - 2015

more redistribution. Skewness is almost always assumed to be identical to inequality. But this will only be true under … then, the relationship between inequality and skewness -- and therefore redistribution -- is ambiguous. This paper resolves … redistribution. This novel result resolves a "paradox" of redistribution, challenges the prevailing interpretation of the median …

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Redistribution and education subsidies are siamese twins

Bovenberg, Ary Lans; Jacobs, Bas - 2003

We develop models of optimal linear and non-linear income taxation with endogenous human capital formation to explore optimal education subsidies. Optimal subsidies on education ensure efficiency in human capital accumulation and thus play an important role in alleviating the tax distortions on...

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