The impact of the tax system on self-employment in the British construction industry

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 596-613

  Briscoe, Geoff ^a   Dainty, Andrew ^a   Millett, Sarah ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Employment; Taxation; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342471447     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720010379501     Document Type: Article

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