The effect of the Swedish payroll tax cut for youths on firm profitability (English)

Payroll taxes in Sweden were reduced substantially for people ages 26 years or younger on July 1, 2007. The objective of this tax cut was to lower youth unemployment. The question of how gains from payroll taxes are distributed between workers and owners of firms has been the focus of considerable theoretical and empirical attention. This paper examines the impact of the Swedish reform on firm profits using individual-level and firm-level microdata...

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Malm,Arvid;

Eklund,Johan;

Francis,David C.;

Jiang,Nan;
Document Date
2016/10/11
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7854
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Sweden,
Region
Europe and Central Asia,
Disclosure Date
2016/10/11
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
The effect of the Swedish payroll tax cut for youths on firm profitability
Keywords
efficiency wage model

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Malm,Arvid; Eklund,Johan; Francis,David C.; Jiang,Nan.

The effect of the Swedish payroll tax cut for youths on firm profitability (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7854 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/803371476191665204

The effect of the Swedish payroll tax cut for youths on firm profitability (English)

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