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Employment Effects of the Unemployment Insurance Tax Base

Po-Chun Huang
Published online before print March 09, 2022, 0719-10316R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0719-10316R2
Po-Chun Huang
*National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan ().
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