Union strategy and optimal income taxation
By: by Sebastian Kessing, Kai A. Konrad.
Contributors: Konrad, Kai Andreas
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1545; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1545
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Hours of labor.; Income tax.; Direct taxation.; Welfare economics.
Description: "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 non-welfarist states which have income redistribution, but not in purely extortionary states"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Also available in print.
Includes bibliographical references.
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