The Impact of Taxing Unemployment Insurance Benefits on Unemployment Duration and Post-Unemployment Earnings

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 7, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 521-546

  Lee, Chul In ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Public Finance   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Compensated unemployment duration; Post unemployment earnings; Tax treatment of UI benefits; Unemployment insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346686870     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008741607468     Document Type: Article

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