This paper estimates the effect of payroll tax cuts on firm-level employment and balance-sheet outcomes during economic … Great Recession, we estimate that the payroll tax cuts had limited effects on employment and balance-sheet outcomes of firms … by the previously enacted payroll tax cuts in treated firms. These employment effects are exacerbated for men and low …

% decrease in manufacturing employment. We document important spillovers for untreated sectors in treated counties, untreated …

implementation of the New Industrial Policy. The findings show that there was a significant and abrupt increase in employment at the … for certain industries. The paper finds that the increase in cross-border employment is higher for sectors receiving … experience an increase in employment. Finally, the growth in the number of firms in Uttar Pradesh close to the border remained …

manufacturing employment. We document important local spillovers for untreated construction and retail sectors, counties connected …