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Why Is the Public Sector More Labor-Intensive? : A Distortionary Tax Argument
Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas - 2004
net wage. This would counteract the distortion of labor supply arising from wage taxation. Full privatization is never …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262155
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The political economy of conscription
Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas - 2009
Though in decline recently, military conscription is still a widely used mode of staffing armies. Since not many valid economic, social or military arguments in favor of the draft can be put forward, the question emerges why societies choose to rely on it. In this survey we explain the political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269390
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Why Is the Public Sector More Labor-Intensive? A Distortionary Tax Argument
Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
net wage. This would counteract the distortion of labor supply arising from wage taxation. Full privatization is never …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566720
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The Political Economy of Conscription
Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Though in decline recently, military conscription is still a widely used mode of staffing armies. Since not many valid economic, social or military arguments in favor of the draft can be put forward, the question emerges why societies choose to rely on it. In this survey we explain the political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565206