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Basic income and unemployment in a unionized economy

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Van der Linden, Bruno (UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) ; Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS))

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This paper develops a dynamic general equilibrium model of a unionized economy to analyze the impact of unconditional basic income schemes on unemployment. Starting from a given level of the unemployment benefits, two reforms are envisaged : one where these benefits are replaced by a higher unconditional grant (the full basic income) and another where the income of the unemployed remains unchanged (the partial basic income). Assuming a proportional tax on earnings and a balanced budget of the State, it is shown that the equilibrium unemployment rate decreases if a partial basic income is implemented. The same conclusion holds for a sufficiently small full basic income.

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Paper provided by Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES) in its series Discussion Papers (IRES - Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales) with number 1997014.

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Date of creation: 01 Jul 1997
Date of revision: 10 Jul 1997
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Keywords: Basic income; unconditional grant; wage bargaining; unemployment;

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H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
H3 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents
J5 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining

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  1. Brigitte van Baalen & Tobias Müller, 2005. "Social welfare effects of tax-benefit reform under endogenous participation and unemployment," Cahiers du Département d'Econométrie 2005.03, Département d'Econométrie, Université de Genève. [Downloadable!]
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