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Progressive taxes and the labour market : is the trade-off between equality and efficiency inevitable?

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Roed,K.
Strom,S. (University of Oslo, Department of Economics)

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Paper provided by Oslo University, Department of Economics in its series Memorandum with number 19/1999.

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H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General
J58 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Public Policy

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