Payroll Taxes: The Effects of Earnings Floors on Part-time Employment

M. Bedard

Working Papers from Gouvernement du Canada - Human Resources Development

Abstract: In this study, we attempted to answer the following quations: (1) To what extent did changes in premium rates and minimum earnings for the Unemployment Insurance Program, the Canada Pension Program, and the Quebec Pension Program have affected part-time employment in the 1980s? and (2) What effect did the criterion of hours workerd under the new Employment Insurance Program have on part-time employment?

Keywords: PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT; TAX POLICY (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J30 J31 J65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 1997
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