Do more equal slices shrink the cake? An empirical investigation of tax-transfer reform proposals in Italy

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 767-785

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

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Efficiency equality trade off; Labour supply; Social welfare; Tax reforms; Welfare gains and losses

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144256301     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-004-0193-2     Document Type: Article

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