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Tax Progression and Human Capital in Imperfect Labour Markets

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  • Fuest Clemens

    (University of Munich,München, Germany)

  • Huber Bernd

    (University of Munich,München, Germany)

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Recent contributions to the theory of taxation argue that tax progression raises welfare and employment in the presence of labour market imperfections. This literature takes the endowment of workers with human capital as given. The present paper analyses the effects of tax progression in a model with endogenous human capital formation. We show that the effect of tax progression on human capital investment depends on the deductibility of the cost of human capital formation. With full deductibility, tax progression raises employment and welfare. With incomplete deductibility, in contrast, the effect of tax progression on employment and welfare may be negative.

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  • Fuest Clemens & Huber Bernd, 2001. "Tax Progression and Human Capital in Imperfect Labour Markets," German Economic Review, De Gruyter, vol. 2(1), pages 1-18, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:germec:v:2:y:2001:i:1:p:1-18
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-0475.00024
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    4. Wöhlbier, Florian, 2002. "Subsidising Education with Unionised Labour Markets," Discussion Papers in Economics 7, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
    5. Schindler Dirk, 2011. "Tuition Fees and the Dual Income Tax: The Optimality of the Nordic Income Tax System Reconsidered," German Economic Review, De Gruyter, vol. 12(1), pages 59-84, February.
    6. Bohringer, Christoph & Boeters, Stefan & Feil, Michael, 2005. "Taxation and unemployment: an applied general equilibrium approach," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 22(1), pages 81-108, January.
    7. Florian Dorn & Clemens Fuest & Björn Kauder & Luisa Lorenz & Martin Mosler & Luisa Dörr, 2017. "The removal of the middle class bulge - models and costs," ifo Forschungsberichte, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, number 77.
    8. Boeters, Stefan & Böhringer, Christoph & Feil, Michael, 2002. "Taxation and unemployment: an applied general equilibrium approach for Germany," ZEW Discussion Papers 02-39, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

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