CESifo Working Paper No. 3463
Workforce or Workfare?
Abstract
This article explores the use of workfare as part of an optimal tax mix when labor supply
responses are along the extensive margin. Particular attention is paid to the interaction
between workfare and an earned income tax credit, two policies that are designed to provide
additional incentives for individuals to enter the labor force. This article shows that, despite
their common goal, these policies are often at odds with each other.
JEL-Code: H210.
Keywords: extensive margin, optimal income taxation, workfare.
Craig Brett
Department of Economics
Mount Allison University
144 Main Street,
Sackville NB, E4L 1A7
Canada
[email protected]
Laurence Jacquet
Norwegian School of Economics and
Business Administration
Helleveien 30
5045 Bergen
Norway
April 13, 2011
Craig Brett's research was generously supported by the Canada Research Chairs Program.
Errors, omissions and views are entirely our own.
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