Is tax progression really good for employment? A model with endogenous hours of work

Labour Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-93

  Fuest, Clemens ^a   Huber, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

H24; J22; J51; Labour supply; Tax progression; Unemployment; Work sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005586380     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(99)00027-5     Document Type: Article

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