On the optimal timing of implicit social security taxes over the life cycle

FinanzArchiv

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-107

  Fenge, Robert ^b   Uebelmesser, Silke ^a   Werding, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Labor supply; Optimal taxation; Public pensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249109707     PISSN: 00152218     EISSN: 16140974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1628/001522106776667022     Document Type: Article

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