Examines the role of small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) in employment and the economy in South Africa and …

jurisdictions, public inputs may also be overprovided if unemployment is caused by a fixed wage above the competitive wage rate. In …

average wage, we show that a more progressive taxation reduces the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. These … the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. From a theoretical point of view, higher progressivity induces a …This paper argues that, for a given overall level of labour income taxation, a more progressive tax schedule reduces …

moderating effect and also because employment of low-paid workers is more elastic to wages. We test these theoretical predictions … suggest that a more progressive tax schedule reduces the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. These findings …In this paper we argue that, for a given overall level of labour income taxation, a more progressive tax schedule …

average wage, we show that a more progressive taxation reduces the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. These … the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. From a theoretical point of view, higher progressivity induces a …This paper argues that, for a given overall level of labour income taxation, a more progressive tax schedule reduces …

average wage, we show that a more progressive taxation reduces the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. These … the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. From a theoretical point of view, higher progressivity induces a …This paper argues that, for a given overall level of labour income taxation, a more progressive tax schedule reduces …

Orthodox economics blames rigid labor markets and, consequently, high wages for high and persistent unemployment in the … fallen substantially since 1980. Wages moderation has proven unable to improve the employment performance of the euro … euro-area. This is at odds with stylized facts. Unemployment has remained high despite the fact that wage shares have …

worked and employment. We conduct dynamic simulations of the crisis period to assess how surprising the reaction of the … labour market really was. We argue that the most important precondition for the minor reaction of employment during this …