RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Are the MCVL tax data useful? Ideas for mining A1 Arranz Muñoz, José María A1 García Serrano, Carlos K1 Tax data K1 MCVL K1 Income K1 Labour market K1 Panel data K1 Economía K1 Estadística K1 Política económica K1 Economics K1 Statistics K1 Economic policy AB This article analyzes the tax data from the Spanish “Continuous Sample of Working life”, which contains an overview for each fiscal year of all income tax withholdings and prepayments on earned income, economic activities and income assignments of salaried workers, pensioners and recipients of unemployment benefits. To that end, we present the characteristics of these data; we provide a detailed statistical description for the years 2004-2009, linked to information from personal files and those ofcontributors to the Spanish social security system; and we highlight the opportunities for analysis of some issues related to the labour market and income distribution. PB Ministerio de Hacienda: Instituto de Estudios Fiscales YR 2011 FD 2011 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/12201 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/12201 LA eng DS MINDS@UW RD 02-may-2024