The influence of labour taxes on the migration of skilled workers

World Economy

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1365-1379

  Egger, Peter ^a,b   Radulescu, Doina Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME; LABOR MIGRATION; OECD; SKILLED LABOR; SOCIAL SECURITY; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 69449097109     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2009.01213.x     Document Type: Article

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