Selaus tekijän mukaan kokoelmassa VATT Working Papers
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Does Mandating Social Insurance Affect Entrepreneurial Activity?
Benzarti, Youssef; Harju, Jarkko; Matikka, Tuomas
VATT Working Papers : 119 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 18.06.2019)This paper estimates the effect of relaxing the social insurance mandate on entrepreneurial activity using rich administrative data from Finland. We find that relaxing the social insurance mandate leads entrepreneurs to ... -
Using Payroll Tax Variation to Unpack the Black Box of Firm-Level Production
Benzarti, Youssef; Harju, Jarkko
VATT Working Papers : 138 (Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 29.01.2021)This paper uses quasi-experimental variation in payroll tax rates in Finland to investigate how firms use their input factors. We find that higher payroll tax rates lead to large employment responses and have no effects ...