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The authors present an exercise in empirical optimal taxation for European countries from three areas: Southern, Central and Northern Europe.
The case for NIT+FT in Europe. An empirical optimal taxation exercise
Nizamul Islam,Ugo Colombino +1 more
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In this paper, the authors presented an empirical optimal taxation approach to a negative tax with flat tax reform for a sample of eight European countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom.About:
This article is published in Economic Modelling.The article was published on 2018-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 8 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Negative income tax & Optimal tax.read more
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Table A.12 – Maximum likelihood estimates – singles (Ireland) 
Table A.4 – Maximum likelihood estimates – singles (Belgium) 
Table A.8 – Maximum likelihood estimates – singles (France) 
Table A11. – Maximum likelihood estimates – couples (Ireland) 
Table 1. Optimal CBI, GNIT, UBI and IWB with k = 0.05 for Italy 
Table 2. Optimal CBI, GNIT, UBI and IWB with k = 0.05 for Belgium
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From Real Freedom for All
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Is There Empirical Evidence on How the Implementation of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) Affects Labour Supply? A Systematic Review
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A Theory of Income Taxation under Multidimensional Skill Heterogeneity
Casey Rothschild,Florian Scheuer +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors develop a unifying framework for optimal income taxation in multi-sector economies with general patterns of externalities, where agents are characterized by an N-dimensional skill vector corresponding to intrinsic abilities in N potentially externality-causing activities.
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Combining Microsimulation and Numerical Maximization to Identify Optimal Tax-Transfer Rules
Ugo Colombino,Nizamul Islam +1 more
TL;DR: In this article , a micro-econometric model is developed and estimated to simulate household labour supply decisions and the implied economic, fiscal and welfare effects, embedded into a numerical optimization routine that identifies the tax-transfer rule that maximizes a social welfare function.
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Making the Switch From Joint to Individual Taxation in Luxembourg. Cost, Behavioural Response and Welfare Effects
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of a move from joint to individual taxation system using 2,276 couple household living in Luxembourg was studied, where the authors estimate simultaneously labour supply and social assistance participation, exploiting a discrete choice model.
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