Research Seminar in Economics - Nicola Pavoni, "Optimal Taxation in Occupational Choice Models: An Application to the Work Decisions of Couples"
Institute of Economics
Date: 2 October 2018 / 12:15 - 13:15
Room 408, Main building, 4th floor (access only via elevator)
We study a general model of occupational choice and optimal income taxation where agents have private costs of work that differ across occupations and have both deterministic and random components.We apply our framework to study the work decisions of couples in an extensive set up and give necessary and sufficient conditions under which joint-working households should be subsidized compared to single-worker households.
