Income taxation with intergenerational mobility: Can higher inequality lead to less progression? |
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| Authors: | Tomer Blumkin |
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| Institution: | a Department of Economics, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheba 84105, Israel
b The Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Isreal |
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| Abstract: | We introduce the notion of social mobility into an optimal income tax model. This is done by allowing earning abilities to be partly innate and partly acquired through investments in human capital (education). The implications for the optimal re-distributive policy are studied. |
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| Keywords: | H2 D6 |
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