Title of article
The hiring subsidy cum firing tax in a search model of unemployment
Author/Authors
Ben J. Heijdra، نويسنده , , Jenny E. Ligthart، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2002
Pages
12
From page
97
To page
108
Abstract
We study the macroeconomic and welfare effects of a tax-subsidy scheme on labour in a model with search unemployment. In a second-best world welfare increases if unemployment is inefficiently high or if there are pre-existing fiscal distortions.
Keywords
Firing tax , Equilibrium unemployment , Job search , Hiring subsidy
Journal title
Economics Letters
Serial Year
2002
Journal title
Economics Letters
Record number
434907
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