Taxes, Subsidies and Equilibrium Unemployment

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Journal: Review of Economic Studies
Year: 1985
Volume: 52
Issue: 1
Pages: 121-133

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Abstract

This paper considers the effects of wage taxes, employment subsidies and unemployment benefits in a simple model of equilibrium search. Unemployment is determined by the equality of job matchings and job separations, job vacancies are determined by a zero-profit condition and wages by a Nash bargain between the meeting firm and worker. I show that marginal wage taxes influence the firm's and worker's equilibrium sharing rule, whereas employment subsidies and unemployment benefits influence only the surplus shared. Hence, tax-financed subsidies reduce wages and raise employment and vacancies, whereas tax-financed unemployment benefits raise wages and reduce employment and vacancies.

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RePEc Handle
repec:oup:restud:v:52:y:1985:i:1:p:121-133.
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-29