A reform option for pension fund contribution as tax expenditure in South Africa: A microsimulation model approach using tax administrative data
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Pensions; Tax expenditures; Microsimulation; Tax credit;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2023-12-18 (Africa)
- NEP-AGE-2023-12-18 (Economics of Ageing)
- NEP-CMP-2023-12-18 (Computational Economics)
- NEP-PBE-2023-12-18 (Public Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2023-12-18 (Public Finance)
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