Effects of the United States tax system on transitions into self-employment

Labour Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 545-574

  Bruce, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

H24; Income taxation; J23; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011133416     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(00)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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