Does Formal Work Pay? The Role of Labor Taxation and Social Benefit Design in the New EU Member States
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Keywords
formalization tax rate; measurement of work disincentives; informal employment; non-wage labor costs and benefits; tax evasion;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
- J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2012-02-20 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-IUE-2012-02-20 (Informal and Underground Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2012-02-20 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2012-02-20 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-LTV-2012-02-20 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
- NEP-PBE-2012-02-20 (Public Economics)
- NEP-TRA-2012-02-20 (Transition Economics)
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