Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/21140 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 287
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We examine the efficiency properties of labor taxation. A spatial model of an economy is introduced whose key feature is a new approach to restricted labor mobility. We characterize the efficient allocation of labor and properties of a decentralized equilibrium. An efficient allocation of labor can be compatible with marginal productivity differentials stemming from binding mobility restrictions. We investigate two scenarios of labor taxation (firm-specific taxes and countryspecific taxes) and in both setups we give a complete characterization of the cases for which there is scope for redistribution without affecting effciency. Finally, we discuss the applicability of our model in the context of the place of employment and place of residence principle of taxation.
Subjects: 
Restricted Labor Mobility
Efficient Allocation of Labor
Labor Taxation
JEL: 
H7
R5
J61
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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