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Progressive taxation and wage setting: Some evidence for Denmark
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UNSPECIFIED (2000) Progressive taxation and wage setting: Some evidence for Denmark. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, 102 (4). pp. 707-723. ISSN 0347-0520.
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Abstract
The proposition that a progressive tax system contributes to wage moderation is studied using Danish earnings data disaggregated by occupation, gender and earnings level. Our main conclusions are that income-tax progression affects wage setting, but whether it moderates or exaggerates wage pressure is income dependent, An increase in progressivity reduces the pre-tax earnings of middle-income workers (manual mate workers and moderate income carriers among both male and female non-manual workers). The reverse is found for high-income earners (non-manual male workers), in that an increase in progressivity tends to raise pre-tax earnings. Finally, there is no significant effect of tax progressivity on the wages of low-income earners.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS | ||||
Publisher: | BLACKWELL PUBL LTD | ||||
ISSN: | 0347-0520 | ||||
Official Date: | 2000 | ||||
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Volume: | 102 | ||||
Number: | 4 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 17 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 707-723 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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