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Employment of unskilled labor force and tax wedge in Poland and in other OECD and Central and Eastern European Countries
[ October 2004 - February 2006 ]
| Co-ordinator: | Marek Gora | |
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| Georgraphical range: | Poland and tentatively: Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Bulgaria | |
| Sponsor: | State Committee for Scientific Research (Ministry of Scientific Research and Information Technology of Poland) |
Description: The project intended to explain the causes of high structural unemployment in Poland. It is generally believed that the high level of unemployment in Poland is determined to a decisive degree by factors such as a restrictive labor code, high degree of unionization and/or the unemployment benefits system. The research provides macroeconomic and microeconomic evidence that the employment consequences of a tax wedge can be more severe for the low-skilled. Consequently, it argues that a high tax wedge can be potentially more harmful in countries abundant in this kind of labour. These results should send a strong message to policymakers, especially those in Central and Eastern Europe. The project was financed by a research grant provided by the Ministry of Education and Science, Poland and conducted by a team of CASE researchers: Marek Gora (coordinator), Mateusz Walewski, Artur Radziwill and Agnieszka Sowa. It was completed in the first quarter of 2006.
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Tax Wedge and Skills: Case of Poland in International Perspective
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