Taxes in an open shop trade union model

Laszlo Goerke

No 346, Discussion Papers, Series II from University of Konstanz, Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 178 "Internationalization of the Economy"

Abstract: In a social custom model of union membership with wage bargaining, higher levels of company taxes lower wages while having uncertain employment effects. A higher marginal income tax rate increases employment. Changes solely in the level of income taxation, retaining marginal rates, have ambiguous wage and employment consequences. Endogenising union membership therefore does not alter the effects of tax changes in comparison to a right-to-manage model with exogenously fixed level of density.

Keywords: Right-to-Manage; Social Custom; Taxes; Trade Union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 H24 H25 J51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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