Negative Income Tax and Labor Market Participation. A Short Run Analysis
| Autor: | Samir AMINE, Pedro LAGES DOS SANTOS |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | Theoretical and Applied Economics, Vol XIX, Iss 1, Pp 41-56 (2012) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1841-8678 1844-0029 |
| Popis: | This article examines the effects of the negative income tax, in a matching model, on labor market participation. We show that the introduction of such instrument reduces unemployment and improves the situation of the poorest. But, amazingly, it provokes a fall on labor market participation principally because the agents are then less selective. We find another surprising result: despite the rise on participation, the increasing of unemployment benefits improves the situation of the firms at the expense of workers. |
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