countries - Germany and France - on the domestic and foreign economy. We test the implications of the gains in matching … labour market, which replicates the data quite well. We then explore the reform possibilities in the French labour market and …

decide to start a business. We evaluate how this policy change affects entry into self-employment. The reform significantly … increases firm creation without worsening the quality of new entrants. Firms started post-reform are initially smaller, but … employment growth, productivity, and survival rates are similar to entrants pre-reform. New entrepreneurs are also similar in …

This paper studies the fiscal incidence of a fiscal reform consisting of a reduction in employers' social insurance … the reform. -- fiscal incidence ; social contribution ; payroll tax ; tax on value added ; social VAT …