Optimal Income Taxation with Single and Couple Households

Publicado en

• Revista de Economía del Rosario

Resumen

• This paper reviews the literature on optimal income taxation with single and couple households. In the seminal works of Mirrlees and Atkinson and Stiglitz the household is composed by one member. However, I described a model where households can have more than one member. There is an economy which is composed by both one-memberand two member families. This structure introduces vertical and horizontal equiTY considerations. For linear taxation the results of Sheshinski hold, however in optimal income taxation additional results to those of Mirrlees should be considered.

autores

• Gallego, Juan Miguel

fecha de publicación

• 2004

Área temática

• H21 - Eficiencia; Imposición óptima
• H24 - Impuesto y subvenciones de la renta personal y otras rentas no empresariales

Líneas de investigación

• Horizontal Equity
• Linear Taxation
• Optimal Income Taxation
• Vertical Equity