The Effects of Tax Wedges on Hours Worked and Unemployment in Sweden /

The paper investigates the relationship between labor taxation and unemployment in Sweden by estimating a labor market model that includes a wage-setting locus and labor demand and supply relationships. The study simulates the effect of a 1 percentage point increase in the payroll tax and in total t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas, Alun
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1998/152
Online Access:Full text available on IMF