The Distribution of Income of Self-employed, Entrepreneurs and Professions as Revealed from Micro Income Tax Statistics in Germany

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The Distribution of Income of Self-employed, Entrepreneurs and Professions as Revealed from Micro Income Tax Statistics in Germany. / Merz, Joachim.
The Personal Distribution of Income in an International Perspective . Hrsg. / Richard Hauser; Irene Becker. Berlin, Heidelberg ua.: Springer, 2000. S. 99-128.

Publikation: Beiträge in SammelwerkenAufsätze in KonferenzbändenForschung

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Merz, J 2000, The Distribution of Income of Self-employed, Entrepreneurs and Professions as Revealed from Micro Income Tax Statistics in Germany. in R Hauser & I Becker (Hrsg.), The Personal Distribution of Income in an International Perspective . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg ua., S. 99-128. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57232-6_6

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Merz, J. (2000). The Distribution of Income of Self-employed, Entrepreneurs and Professions as Revealed from Micro Income Tax Statistics in Germany. In R. Hauser, & I. Becker (Hrsg.), The Personal Distribution of Income in an International Perspective (S. 99-128). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57232-6_6

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Merz J. The Distribution of Income of Self-employed, Entrepreneurs and Professions as Revealed from Micro Income Tax Statistics in Germany. in Hauser R, Becker I, Hrsg., The Personal Distribution of Income in an International Perspective . Berlin, Heidelberg ua.: Springer. 2000. S. 99-128 doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-57232-6_6

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