The effects of the unemployment insurance payroll tax on wages, employment, claims and denials

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 81-106

  Anderson, Patricia M ^a   Meyer, Bruce D ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Claim administration; Experience rating; H22; Incidence; J65; Labor demand; Payroll taxes; Unemployment insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034288526     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(99)00112-7     Document Type: Article

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