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How much has labour taxation contributed to European structural unemployment? - Christophe Planas, Werner Roeger and Alessandro Rossi
Author(s): Christophe Planas (DG Joint Research Centre), Werner Roeger (DG Economic and Financial Affairs) and Alessandro Rossi (DG Joint Research Centre)
How much has labour taxation contributed to European structural unemployment? - Christophe Planas, Werner Roeger and Alessandro Rossi 
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This paper analyses the effect of labour taxes on Euro area unemployment. Empirical estimates obtained so far can be criticised as being spurious because the regressions generally lack non-measurable variables constituting the reservation wage that can possibly be non stationary. Here we overcome this problem by using an unobserved component model. For the Euro area unemployment, we find a significant tax effect that is in the middle of the estimates that can be found in the empirical literature. This study gives support to the view that lowering labour taxes can help to reduce unemployment in continental Europe.
(European Economy. Economic Papers 183. April 2003.
Brussels. 22pp. Tab. Free.)
| KC-AI-03-004-EN-C (online) | |
| ISBN 92-894-5623-X (online) | |
| ISSN 1016-8060 (online)
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