Is there a social security tax wedge?

Labour Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-77

  Cigno, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beveridge; Bismarck; Credit rationing; Implicit pension taxes; Labour; Public pensions; Subsidies; Tax wedge

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249068131     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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