The role of labour demand elasticities in tax incidence analysis with heterogeneous labour

Empirical Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 599-619

  Bhattarai, Keshab ^a   Whalley, John ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticities; Labour demand; Labour supply; Redistribution; Tax incidence; Welfare

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LABOR MARKET; TAX SYSTEM; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033381016     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001810050075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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