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Creating jobs through public subsidies : an empirical analysis
Girmaa, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric; Walsh, Frank - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2008
This paper analyses the impact of government grants on labour demand using plant level data for manufacturing industry … grants appears to be recouped in additional wage streams under reasonable assumptions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269428
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Unemployment Insurance Taxes and Labor Demand : Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Administrative Data
Johnston, Andrew C. - 2019
To finance unemployment insurance, states raise payroll tax rates on employers who engage in layoffs. Tax rates are, therefore, highest for firms after downturns, potentially hampering labor-market recovery. Using full-population, administrative records from Florida, I estimate the effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012900741
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New Evidence on the Effect of Technology on Employment and Skill Demand
Hirvonen, Johannes; Stenhammar, Aapo; Tuhkuri, Joonas - 2022
We present novel evidence on the effects of advanced technologies on employment, skill demand, and firm performance. The main finding is that advanced technologies led to increases in employment and no change in skill composition. Our main research design focuses on a technology subsidy program...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013289997
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Creating Jobs Through Public Subsidies : An Empirical Analysis
Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric; Walsh, Frank - 2021
This paper analyses the impact of government grants on labour demand using plant level data for manufacturing industry … grants appears to be recouped in additional wage streams under reasonable assumptions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316702
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Investment tax credits and the response of firms
Lerche, Adrian - 2019
This paper studies the effects of investment tax credits on firms’ input choices by exploitinga sudden shift in the tax credit rate by firm size for manufacturing firms in Germany in 1999. I find that more generous tax credits lead to a significant increase in both investment and employment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012265479
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Unemployment-insurance taxes and labor demand : quasi-experimental evidence from administrative data
Johnston, Andrew - 2020
To finance unemployment insurance, states raise payroll tax rates on employers who engage in layoffs. Tax rates are, therefore, highest for firms after downturns, potentially hampering labor-market recovery. Using full-population, administrative records from Florida, I estimate the effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012199392
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Experience Rating as an Automatic Stabilizer
Duggan, Mark G.; Johnston, Andrew; Guo, Audrey - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Unemployment insurance taxes are experience-rated to penalize firms that dismiss workers. We examine whether experience rating acts as an automatic stabilizer in the labor market. We exploit the fact that penalties for layoffs vary by state using detailed data on state tax schedules, and we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013462699
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Bidding against the odds? The impact evaluation of grants for young micro and small firms during the recession
Srhoj, Stjepan; Škrinjarić, Bruno; Radas, Sonja - 2018
literature. While most research studies focus on the impact of research and development (R&D) grants, a larger percentage of … young firms would benefit from grants that assist them in other activities. In this paper we examine the impact of small … business development grants on survival and performance of young firms. We study this topic in the context of a long recession …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011877226
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Bidding against the odds? : the impact evaluation of grants for young micro and small firms during the recession
Srhoj, Stjepan; Škrinjarić, Bruno; Radas, Sonja - 2018
literature. While most research studies focus on the impact of research and development (R&D) grants, a larger percentage of … young firms would benefit from grants that assist them in other activities. In this paper we examine the impact of small … business development grants on survival and performance of young firms. We study this topic in the context of a long recession …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011875422
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Are Firms That Received R&D Subsidies More Innovative?
Mohnen, Pierre; Bérubé, Charles - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2007
This paper looks at the effectiveness of R&D grants for Canadian plants that already benefit from R&D tax credits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150842