The incidence of social security contributions: An empirical analysis

Empirica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-106

  Ooghe, Erwin ^a   Schokkaert, Erik ^a   Flechet, Jef ^a  

^a Centre for Economic Studies   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Reciprocity; Social security; Tax incidence

Indexed keywords

BARGAINING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SECURITY; WAGE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0042268063     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024121432047     Document Type: Article

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