Optimal Taxation, Informality and Welfare: Redistribution Costs and Efficiency Gains
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Keywords
redistribution; income taxation; shadow economy; informal labor market;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
- H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
- J46 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Informal Labor Market
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-IUE-2024-08-19 (Informal and Underground Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2024-08-19 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-MAC-2024-08-19 (Macroeconomics)
- NEP-PBE-2024-08-19 (Public Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2024-08-19 (Public Finance)
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