Wage-shifting effects of severance payments savings accounts in Colombia

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 487-500

  Kugler, Adriana D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distortions; Individual accounts; Severance pay; Tax shifting

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844263365     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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