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indirect effects arising from agglomeration economies. Exploiting a change in tax credit rates by firm size in Germany, I find … that manufacturing firms increase capital and employment, with labor demand in information and communication technology …-intensive industries shifting towards college-educated workers. Using geolocation data, I show that agglomeration benefits lead to a …
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indirect effects arising from agglomeration economies. Exploiting a change in tax credit rates by firm size in Germany, I find … that manufacturing firms increase capital and employment, with labor demand in information and communication technology …-intensive industries shifting towards college-educated workers. Using geolocation data, I show that agglomeration benefits lead to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013429414
indirect effects arising from agglomeration economies. Exploiting a change in tax credit rates by firm size in Germany, I find … that manufacturing firms increase capital and employment, with labor demand in information and communication technology …-intensive industries shifting towards college-educated workers. Using geolocation data, I show that agglomeration benefits lead to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013484654
In this paper, we evaluate the effects of payroll tax changes on firm behavior, by exploiting a unique policy setting in Norway, where a system of geographically differentiated payroll taxes was suddenly abolished due to an EU regulation. We find that firms are only partially able to shift the...
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significant increase in both investment and employment, with implied elasticities with respect to capital costs of 2.8 and 1 … of the inflow of workers. A heterogeneity analysis reveals that firms with larger capital cost shares are more responsive …
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significant increase in both investment and employment, with implied elasticities with respect to capital costs of 2.8 and 1 … of the inflow of workers. A heterogeneity analysis reveals that firms with larger capital cost shares are more responsive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012099088
indirect effects arising from agglomeration economies. Exploiting a change in tax credit rates by firm size in Germany, I find … that manufacturing firms increase capital and employment, with labor demand in information and communication technology …-intensive industries shifting towards college-educated workers. Using geolocation data, I show that agglomeration benefits lead to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014238698
One way for policymakers to reduce labor costs and stimulate the recruitment of marginalized groups of labor in a highly unionized economy is to lower payroll taxes. However, the efficiency of this policy instrument has been questioned, and previous evaluations have mostly found small employment...
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This paper studies the effects of a first employee wage subsidy imple-mented in parts of Finland in 2007â 2011 using the universe of Finnishfirms. The subsidy, amounting to 30% of the wage costs of the firstemployee in the first year and 15% in the second, was targeted to en-trepreneurs without...
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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...
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