Income Taxation and Wage Policy: An Application to Minimum Wage

International Tax and Public Finance - Tập 12 Số 6 - Trang 713-722 - 2005
Blumkin, Tomer1, Sadka, Efraim2
1Department of Economics, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheba, Israel
2The Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Isreal

Tóm tắt

In this paper, we explore how the government can play a role in affecting the compensation policies of private firms in a manner that complements its income tax policies. We illustrate how this role of the government can be served by minimum wage legislation.

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