Optimal skill distribution under convex skill costs

This paper studies optimal distribution of skills in an optimal income tax framework with convex skill constraints. The problem is cast as a social planning problem where a redistributive planner chooses how to distribute a given amount of aggregate skills across people. We find that optimal skill d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tin Cheuk Leung, Hakki Yazici
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:Central Bank Review
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1303070117300768