Hourly wage rate and taxable labor income responsiveness to changes in marginal tax rates

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 878-889

  Blomquist, Sören ^a   Selin, Håkan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hourly wage rates; Income taxation; Taxable income; Work effort

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049454968     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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