Estimating the income reporting function for the self-employed

Empirical Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 669-687

  Tedds, Lindsay M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Engel curve; Income under reporting; Nonparametric estimation

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; METHODOLOGY; SELF EMPLOYMENT; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 77951206316     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-009-0284-8     Document Type: Article

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