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.
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