The effects of taxation on married women's labour supply across four countries

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 417-439

  Smith, Nina ^a   Dex, Shirley ^b   Vlasblom, Jan Dirk ^c   Callan, Tim ^d  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Economic and Social Research Inst   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR PARTICIPATION; LABOR SUPPLY; TAX SYSTEM; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

DENMARK; GERMANY; IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0041629429     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/55.3.417     Document Type: Article

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