E-commerce and labour tax avoidance

This study evidences one of the adverse effects of e-commerce on labour tax avoidance, and more precisely in the loss of firms' social security contributions. With a sample of French e-commerce and traditional retail firms, we find that labour tax avoidance is significantly higher in e-commerce...

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Autores: Argilés Bosch, Josep M., Ravenda, Diego, García Blandón, Josep
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/181552
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/181552
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Impostos
Comerç electrònic
Cotització a la seguretat social
Taxation
Electronic commerce
Social security taxes
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Sumario:This study evidences one of the adverse effects of e-commerce on labour tax avoidance, and more precisely in the loss of firms' social security contributions. With a sample of French e-commerce and traditional retail firms, we find that labour tax avoidance is significantly higher in e-commerce than in traditional retail firms. Results are robust to all measures of labour tax avoidance used in this study, to different estimation methods, sample selection criteria and sensitivity analyses. We discuss and conclude on the adverse effects of the digital economy and e-commerce on employees' welfare and social well-being.