Labor market effects of payroll taxes in developing countries: Evidence from Colombia

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 335-358

  Kugler, Adriana ^a   Kugler, Maurice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPOWERMENT; LABOR MARKET; TAX REFORM; TAX SYSTEM; WAGE;

EID: 57749193125     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592839     Document Type: Article

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