We study the earnings responses to three large increases in employer Social Security contributions (SSCs) in France. We find evidence of full pass-through to workers in the case of a strong and salient relationship between contributions and expected benefits. By contrast, we find limited...

It is often argued that the quantity which is traded on the market is independent of the side of the market which is taxed. However, this assertion need not hold, especially in imperfectly competitive markets like that for labour. Taking an efficiency wage economy as an example, it is shown that...

Für diese Studie wurde eine Senkung des Beitragssatzes der Sozialversicherung, finanziert durch eine höhere Mehrwertsteuer bzw. eine Kopfpauschale, mit drei Makromodellen simuliert. Das allgemeine Gleichgewichtsmodell PACE-L, das langfristige Strukturmodell IAB/INFORGE und das kurzfristige...