Optimal Redistributive Taxation with both Labor Supply and Labor Demand Responses

Laurence Jacquet, Etienne Lehmann () and Bruno Van der Linden

No 2012-26, THEMA Working Papers from THEMA (THéorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), Université de Cergy-Pontoise

Abstract: This paper characterizes the optimal redistributive tax schedule in a matching unemployment framework where (voluntary) nonparticipation and (involuntary) un- employment are endogenous. The optimal employment tax rate is given by an inverse employment elasticity rule. This rule depends on the global response of the employ- ment rate, which depends not only on the participation (labor supply) responses, but also on the vacancy posting (labor demand) responses and on the product of these two responses. For plausible values of the parameters, our matching environment induces much lower employment tax rates than the usual competitive model with endogenous participation only.

Keywords: Optimal taxation; Labor market frictions; Unemployment; Kalai so- lution. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D82 H21 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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