Fiscal policy and minimum wage for redistribution: an equivalence result

Arantza Gorostiaga () and Rubio-Ramírez Juan F. ()
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Rubio-Ramírez Juan F.: Duke University and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Economics Bulletin, 2008, vol. 5, issue 11, pages 1-8

Abstract: In this paper we derive conditions under which a minimum wage law combined with anonymous taxes and transfers and an agent-specific tax-transfer scheme are equivalent redistribution policies.

Keywords: equivalence result; minimum wage; redistribution policy; tax-transfer scheme (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E6 H2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-03-11
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