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Family size and optimal income taxation

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  • CREMER, Helmuth
  • DELLIS, Arnaud
  • PESTIEAU, Pierre

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This paper studies the role of family size in the design of optimal income taxation. We consider a second best setting where the government observes the number of children and the income of the parents but not their productivity. With a linear tax schedule the marginal tax rate is shown to decrease with the number of children, while the relationship between the demogrant and family size appears to be ambiguous. With two ability levels, optimal non-linear income tax implies zero marginal tax rates for the higher ability parents; low ability parents have positive marginal tax rates that decrease with family size. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003
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  • CREMER, Helmuth & DELLIS, Arnaud & PESTIEAU, Pierre, 2003. "Family size and optimal income taxation," LIDAM Reprints CORE 1603, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
    • Handle: RePEc:cor:louvrp:1603
    DOI: 10.1007/s001480100113
    Note: In : Journal of Population Economics, 16, 37-54, 2003
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    JEL classification:

    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies

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