An international comparison of effective marginal taxes on labour use

Desiderio Romero-Jordan () and José Felix Sanz-Sanz
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José Felix Sanz-Sanz: Instituto de Estudios Fiscales & Universidad Complutense de Madrid

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Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to compare the different levels of tax rates on the use of the labour force in a range of OECD countries, using the methodology of effective marginal tax rates. Results for the United Kingdom, Australia, Sweden, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Japan, the United States and Spain are provided for 1983-2001 period.

Keywords: effective marginal taxes; labour; OECD countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D6 D7 H (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eec and nep-mic
Date: 2004-05-10
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