The marginal cost of public funds: Hours of work versus labor force participation

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 1955-1973

  Kleven, Henrik Jacobsen ^a   Kreiner, Claus Thustrup ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Labor supply; Marginal welfare costs; Taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748082990     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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