Income taxation with intergenerational mobility: Can higher inequality lead to less progression?

Tomer Blumkin; Efraim Sadka

doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2004.09.009

Income taxation with intergenerational mobility: Can higher inequality lead to less progression?

Tomer Blumkin, Efraim Sadka

Department of Economics

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1915-1925
Number of pages	11
Journal	European Economic Review
Volume	49
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2004.09.009
State	Published - 1 Oct 2005

Keywords

Education
Inequality
Mobility
Optimal taxation
Re-distribution

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Finance
Economics and Econometrics

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Income taxation with intergenerational mobility: Can higher inequality lead to less progression?

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