Age-dependent taxes with endogenous human capital formation

Carlos Eugênio da Costa ()
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Marcelo Santos

No 824, 2015 Meeting Papers from Society for Economic Dynamics

Abstract: We calculate optimal age-dependent labor income taxes in an environment for which the age efficiency profile is endogenously determined by human capital investment. Heterogeneous individuals are exposed to idiosyncratic shocks to their human capital investments, a key element, along with the endogeneity of human capital itself in the determination of optimal age-dependent taxes. Our results highlight the complementary role of capital income taxation when human capital is endogenous. The nature of human capital accumulation is quantitatively relevant for determining the age dependence of income taxes. We assess the cost of ignoring the endogenous nature of age-efficiency profiles.

Date: 2015
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