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ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THE ROLE OF TAXATION
The total "tax wedge" between employees' take-home pay and total labour costs to employers (including employee and employer social security contributions) ranges for most OECD countries to between 25 and 50 per cent of employers labour costs. <ref name=wedge> ''Taxing Wages 2007/2008'' Table 01  OECD, 2008 Edition[http://www.oecd.org/document/6/0,3343,en_2649_34533_42714758_1_1_1_1,00.html#table_01]</ref>


<ref name=Myles>[http://people.exeter.ac.uk/gdmyles/papers/pdfs/OECDfin.pdf Gareth Myles: '' Economic Growth and the Role
The total of employees' and employers social security contributions amounts for most OECD countries to between 10 and 30 per cent of employers' labour costs<ref name=wedge/>.
of Taxation'', OECD 2007]</ref>
 
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The total "tax wedge" between employees' take-home pay and total labour costs to employers (including employee and employer social security contributions) ranges for most OECD countries to between 25 and 50 per cent of employers labour costs. [1]

The total of employees' and employers social security contributions amounts for most OECD countries to between 10 and 30 per cent of employers' labour costs[1].

  1. 1.0 1.1 Taxing Wages 2007/2008 Table 01 OECD, 2008 Edition[1]