Union wage setting and progressive income taxation with heterogeneous labor: Theory and evidence from the German income tax reforms 1986-1990

Labour Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-222

  Schneider, Kerstin ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Income distribution; Tax progression; Tax reform; Union model; Worker heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644394331     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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