Good Jobs, Bad Jobs and Redistribution

Kjell Lommerud (), Bjørn Sandvik () and Odd Rune Straume

Norway; Department of Economics, University of Bergen from Department of Economics, University of Bergen

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: LABOUR MARKET; TAXATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H2 J42 J51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2001
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