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Draca, Mirko; Machin, Stephen; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

other aspects of firm behaviour. In this paper we consider the impact of minimum wages on firm profitability by exploiting … firm profitability was significantly reduced (and wages significantly raised) by the minimum wage introduction. This … residential care homes, and a second on firms across all sectors). Interestingly, we find no evidence that the profitability …

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Trading places: employers, unions and the manufacture of voice

Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael; Willman, Paul - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

Using nationally representative workplace data for Britain we show that over the last quarter century union voice – especially union-only voice – has been associated with poorer climate, more industrial action, poorer financial performance and poorer labour productivity than nonunion voice...

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The mortgage interest deduction and its impact on homeownership decisions

Hilber, Christian A. L.; Turner, Tracy M. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

This paper examines the impact of the combined U.S. state and federal mortgage interest deduction (MID) on homeownership attainment, using data from 1984 to 2007 and exploiting variation in the subsidy across states, over time and due to inter-state moves. We test whether capitalization of the...

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The incidence of an earned income tax credit: evaluating the impact on wages in the UK

Azmat, Ghazala Yasmeen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

Tax credits have been a popular way to alleviate in-work poverty. The assumption is typically that the incidence is on the claimant workers. However, economic theory suggests no particular reason to believe that this should be the case. This paper investigates the incidence of the Working...

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Assessing the effects of local taxation using microgeographic data

Duranton, Gilles; Gobillon, Laurent; Overman, Henry G. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

We study the impact of local taxation on the location and growth of firms. Our empirical methodology pairs establishments across jurisdictional boundaries to estimate the impact of taxation. Our approach improves on existing work as it corrects for unobserved establishment heterogeneity, for...

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The mortgage interest deduction and its impact on homeownership decisions

Hilber, Christian A. L.; Turner, Tracy M. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

This paper examines the impact of the combined U.S. state and federal mortgage interest deduction (MID) on homeownership attainment, using data from 1984 to 2007 and exploiting variation in the subsidy arising from changes in the MID within and across states over time. We test whether...

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The incidence of UK housing benefit: evidence from the 1990s reforms

Gibbons, Stephen; Manning, Alan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

Housing Benefit (HB) in the UK subsidizes the rent of tenants in both the private and public sectors. Its share in total welfare benefits has risen markedly through time and there is widespread dissatisfaction with it. But, reform has been very slow. One important issue is the extent to which...

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Immigration to the land of redistribution

Boeri, Tito - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

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Efficiency wages and the economic effects of the minimum wage: evidence from a low-wage labour market

Georgiadis, Andreas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

. Estimation results suggest that higher wage costs were more than offset by lower monitoring costs, and thus the overall evidence …

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Minimum wages and wage inequality: some theory and an application to the UK

Butcher, Tim; Dickens, Richard; Manning, Alan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

Research suggests that, at the levels set in countries like the US and the UK, minimum wages have little effect on employment but do have impacts on wage inequality. However we lack models that can explain these facts – this paper presents one based on imperfect labour markets. The paper also...

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