Do regional payroll tax reductions boost employment?

Labour Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 480-489

  Bennmarker, Helge ^a   Mellander, Erik ^a   Öckert, Björn ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Difference in Differences; Firm entry exit; Incidence; Labour demand; Labour tax

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749116298     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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