Incorporating Affirmative Action into the Welfare State

Tomer Blumkin, Yoram Margalioth and Efraim Sadka

No 2003, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: In this paper, we discuss a novel aspect of affirmative action policy. We examine its redistributive role, asking whether in an egalitarian society, supplementing the tax-transfer system with an affirmative action policy would enhance social welfare.

Keywords: affirmative action; optimal taxation; tagging (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D60 H20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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