Currently, the social security payroll tax in the United States is evenly divided between employers and employees.

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Currently, the social security payroll tax in the United States is evenly divided between employers and employees. Employers must pay the government a tax of 6.2% of the wages they pay, and employees must pay 6.2% of the wages they receive. Suppose the tax were changed so that employers paid the full 12.4% and employees paid nothing. Would employees then be better off?
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Microeconomics

ISBN: 978-0132857123

8th edition

Authors: Robert Pindyck, Daniel Rubinfeld

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