Press Release: Tax wedges on earnings vary sharply in OECD countries

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Series Details 29.3.06
Publication Date 29/03/2006
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Report of the 2006 edition of OECD's 'Taxing Wages', which compares the shares of employee earnings taken by governments in OECD countries through taxation by calculating what it calls the ‘tax wedge’, the difference between labour costs to the employer and the net take-home pay of the employee, including any cash benefits from government welfare programmes.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.oecd.org/document/2/0,2340,en_2649_201185_36371174_1_1_1_1,00.html
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