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Do Progressive Taxes Reduce Wage Pressure?

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Wulfsberg, F.

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Increased tax progressivity raises the elasticity of labour demand with respect to consumer wages which implies that labour unions subtitute wages with employment. This paper investigates the effects to tax prograssivity on wages using Nerwegian establishment level panel data.

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Paper provided by Oslo University, Department of Economics in its series Memorandum with number 38/1996.

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Length: 35 pages
Date of creation: 1996
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Handle: RePEc:hhs:osloec:1996_038

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Keywords: WAGES; TAXATION; PANEL DATA;

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C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data
H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy
J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects

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  1. Roed,K. & Strom,S., 1999. "Progressive taxes and the labour market : is the trade-off between equality and efficiency inevitable?," Memorandum 19/1999, Oslo University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Kåre Johansen, 2002. "Regional Wage Curves Empirical Evidence from Norway," Working Paper Series 0302, Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. [Downloadable!]
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