Effects of the Australian new tax system on income tax and benefits with and without labour supply responses

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-158

  Kalb, Guyonne ^a   Kew, Hsein ^a   Scutella, Rosanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR SUPPLY; TAX SYSTEM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22144461341     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2005.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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