THE TAX WEDGE IN POLAND COMPARED TO OTHER EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES (Klin podatkowy w Polsce na tle krajów Unii Europejskiej)

• Authors: Nadolny Lukasz
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this article is to present the tax wedge issue in Poland and other European Union countries. The first part of the article covers the theoretical basis of the influence of tax wedge on labor market. Then, there is an overview of the structure of tax wedge in Poland for average monthly gross wage in 2008. The last part consists of the comparison of tax wedges in Poland and other European Union countries. The results show that in Poland the size of tax wedge does not vary with wages as opposed to many other EU member countries.

Keywords

EN

LABOUR MARKET; TAX WEDGE; TAXES; WAGES

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Institute of Labor and Social Studies, Warsaw
• Journal: Polityka Społeczna
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 36
• Issue: 5-6(422-423)
• Pages: 11-15
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Nadolny Lukasz

• Lukasz Nadolny, c/o Uniwersytet Lódzki, ul. Narutowicza 65, 90-131 Lódz, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA081726