Taxing Labor Income in an Economy with High Employment Informality
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- Antón, Arturo & Rasteletti, Alejandro, 2021. "Taxing labor income in an economy with high employment informality," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 123294, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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Keywords
Informal employment; personal income tax; employment subsidy; fiscal accounts;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
- H30 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - General
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J46 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Informal Labor Market
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
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