Labor supply responses and welfare effects from replacing current tax rules by a flat tax: Empirical evidence from Italy, Norway and Sweden

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 595-621

  Aaberge, Rolf ^a   Colombino, Ugo ^b   Strøm, Steinar ^c  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cross country analysis; Labor supply; Microeconometrics; Taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034350215     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050153     Document Type: Article

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