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Optimal universal and categorical benefit provision with classification errors and imperfect enforcement

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Date
04/2017
Author
Slack, Sean
Ulph, David
Keywords
Categorical benefit
Classification errors
Universal benefit
Taxation
HB Economic Theory
HD28 Management. Industrial Management
T-NDAS
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Abstract
We determine the optimal combination of a universal benefit and categorical benefit when individuals differ in their ability to work and, if able to work, their productivity. The categorical benefit is conditioned ex ante on applicants being unable to work and ex post on recipients not working. The awards test makes Type I/II errors. If the ex post condition is (i) not enforced the optimal categorical benefit is positive only if the awards test has discriminatory power, whilst maximum welfare falls with both error propensities; but if (ii) fully enforced the optimal categorical benefit is positive always and maximum welfare can increase with the Type II error propensity.
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Slack , S & Ulph , D 2017 , ' Optimal universal and categorical benefit provision with classification errors and imperfect enforcement ' , Journal of Public Economic Theory , vol. 19 , no. 2 , pp. 289-311 . https://doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12218
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Journal of Public Economic Theory
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12218
ISSN
1097-3923
Type
Journal article
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© 2016, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at onlinelibrary.wiley.com / https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12218
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Financial support from the AXA Research Fund is gratefully acknowledged.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/15804

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