Nudging the Self-employed into Contributing to Social Security: Evidence from a Nationwide Quasi Experiment in Brazil
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- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
- H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
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