Employment Effects of a Payroll-Tax Cut: Evidence from a Regional Tax Exemption Experiment

In this paper we evaluate the effects of a regional experiment that reduced payroll taxes by 3-6 percentage points in Northern Finland for three years. We match each firm in the target region with a similar firm in the control region and estimate the effect of the payroll-tax reduction by comparing...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Korkeamäki, Ossi, Uusitalo, Roope
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT 2006
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/148390
id ftdoria:oai:www.doria.fi:10024/148390
record_format openpolar
spelling ftdoria:oai:www.doria.fi:10024/148390 2023-10-09T21:54:26+02:00 Employment Effects of a Payroll-Tax Cut: Evidence from a Regional Tax Exemption Experiment Korkeamäki, Ossi Uusitalo, Roope 2006-11-21 true http://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/148390 en eng Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT VATT-keskustelualoitteita 407 951-561-669-7 (nid.) 951-561-670-0 (PDF) http://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/148390 URN:ISBN:951-561-670-0 All rights reserved Payroll-tax labour demand tax incidence propensity score matching Labour market Työmarkkinat Regional development Aluekehitys Taxation Verotus Labor market and policies promoting economic growth Työmarkkinat ja kasvua tukeva politiikka J180 - Demographic Economics: Public Policy J230 - Employment Determination Job Creation Demand for Labor Self-Employment J380 - Wages Compensation and Labor Costs: Public Policy (wage subsidies minimum wage legislation) J580 - Labor-Management Relations Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining: Public Policy J650 - Unemployment Insurance Severance Pay Plant Closings J680 - Mobility Unemployment and Vacancies: Public Policy (Employment Services) B Vertaisarvioimattomat tieteelliset kirjoitukset 2006 ftdoria 2023-09-13T23:06:45Z In this paper we evaluate the effects of a regional experiment that reduced payroll taxes by 3-6 percentage points in Northern Finland for three years. We match each firm in the target region with a similar firm in the control region and estimate the effect of the payroll-tax reduction by comparing employment and wage changes within the matched pairs before and after the start of the experiment. According to our results the reduction in payroll taxes led to somewhat faster wage growth in the target region. The increase in wages offset roughly half of the impact of the payroll-tax cut on the labour costs. The remaining labour cost reduction had no significant effects on employment. Tutkimuksessa arvioidaan Lapin sotu-maksukokeilun työllisyysvaikutuksia. Kokeilu laski työn sivukuluja kolmeksi vuodeksi 3-6 prosenttiyksiköllä 14 Lapin kunnassa. Vaikutusarvio tehtiin vertaamalla kokeilualueen yritysten työllisyys- ja palkkamuutoksia vertailualueen yritysten muutoksiin ennen kokeilua ja kokeilun aikana. Vertailussa käytettiin kaltaistettujen parien menetelmää. Työn sivukulujen alentaminen johti kokeilualueen yrityksissä jonkin verran vertailualueen yrityksiä nopeampaan palkkojen nousuun. Palkkojen nousu vastasi noin puolta sotumaksujen alentamisen tuomasta työvoimakustannusten laskusta - jäljelle jäänyt työvoimakustannusten lasku ei johtanut työllisyyden kasvuun kokeilualueen yrityksissä. Other/Unknown Material Northern Finland Doria (National Library of Finland) Nousu ENVELOPE(28.634,28.634,67.158,67.158) Tukeva ENVELOPE(26.150,26.150,66.283,66.283)
institution Open Polar
collection Doria (National Library of Finland)
op_collection_id ftdoria
language English
topic Payroll-tax
labour demand
tax incidence
propensity score matching
Labour market
Työmarkkinat
Regional development
Aluekehitys
Taxation
Verotus
Labor market and policies promoting economic growth
Työmarkkinat ja kasvua tukeva politiikka
J180 - Demographic Economics: Public Policy
J230 - Employment Determination
Job Creation
Demand for Labor
Self-Employment
J380 - Wages
Compensation
and Labor Costs: Public Policy (wage subsidies
minimum wage legislation)
J580 - Labor-Management Relations
Trade Unions
and Collective Bargaining: Public Policy
J650 - Unemployment Insurance
Severance Pay
Plant Closings
J680 - Mobility
Unemployment
and Vacancies: Public Policy (Employment Services)
spellingShingle Payroll-tax
labour demand
tax incidence
propensity score matching
Labour market
Työmarkkinat
Regional development
Aluekehitys
Taxation
Verotus
Labor market and policies promoting economic growth
Työmarkkinat ja kasvua tukeva politiikka
J180 - Demographic Economics: Public Policy
J230 - Employment Determination
Job Creation
Demand for Labor
Self-Employment
J380 - Wages
Compensation
and Labor Costs: Public Policy (wage subsidies
minimum wage legislation)
J580 - Labor-Management Relations
Trade Unions
and Collective Bargaining: Public Policy
J650 - Unemployment Insurance
Severance Pay
Plant Closings
J680 - Mobility
Unemployment
and Vacancies: Public Policy (Employment Services)
Korkeamäki, Ossi
Uusitalo, Roope
Employment Effects of a Payroll-Tax Cut: Evidence from a Regional Tax Exemption Experiment
topic_facet Payroll-tax
labour demand
tax incidence
propensity score matching
Labour market
Työmarkkinat
Regional development
Aluekehitys
Taxation
Verotus
Labor market and policies promoting economic growth
Työmarkkinat ja kasvua tukeva politiikka
J180 - Demographic Economics: Public Policy
J230 - Employment Determination
Job Creation
Demand for Labor
Self-Employment
J380 - Wages
Compensation
and Labor Costs: Public Policy (wage subsidies
minimum wage legislation)
J580 - Labor-Management Relations
Trade Unions
and Collective Bargaining: Public Policy
J650 - Unemployment Insurance
Severance Pay
Plant Closings
J680 - Mobility
Unemployment
and Vacancies: Public Policy (Employment Services)
description In this paper we evaluate the effects of a regional experiment that reduced payroll taxes by 3-6 percentage points in Northern Finland for three years. We match each firm in the target region with a similar firm in the control region and estimate the effect of the payroll-tax reduction by comparing employment and wage changes within the matched pairs before and after the start of the experiment. According to our results the reduction in payroll taxes led to somewhat faster wage growth in the target region. The increase in wages offset roughly half of the impact of the payroll-tax cut on the labour costs. The remaining labour cost reduction had no significant effects on employment. Tutkimuksessa arvioidaan Lapin sotu-maksukokeilun työllisyysvaikutuksia. Kokeilu laski työn sivukuluja kolmeksi vuodeksi 3-6 prosenttiyksiköllä 14 Lapin kunnassa. Vaikutusarvio tehtiin vertaamalla kokeilualueen yritysten työllisyys- ja palkkamuutoksia vertailualueen yritysten muutoksiin ennen kokeilua ja kokeilun aikana. Vertailussa käytettiin kaltaistettujen parien menetelmää. Työn sivukulujen alentaminen johti kokeilualueen yrityksissä jonkin verran vertailualueen yrityksiä nopeampaan palkkojen nousuun. Palkkojen nousu vastasi noin puolta sotumaksujen alentamisen tuomasta työvoimakustannusten laskusta - jäljelle jäänyt työvoimakustannusten lasku ei johtanut työllisyyden kasvuun kokeilualueen yrityksissä.
format Other/Unknown Material
author Korkeamäki, Ossi
Uusitalo, Roope
author_facet Korkeamäki, Ossi
Uusitalo, Roope
author_sort Korkeamäki, Ossi
title Employment Effects of a Payroll-Tax Cut: Evidence from a Regional Tax Exemption Experiment
title_short Employment Effects of a Payroll-Tax Cut: Evidence from a Regional Tax Exemption Experiment
title_full Employment Effects of a Payroll-Tax Cut: Evidence from a Regional Tax Exemption Experiment
title_fullStr Employment Effects of a Payroll-Tax Cut: Evidence from a Regional Tax Exemption Experiment
title_full_unstemmed Employment Effects of a Payroll-Tax Cut: Evidence from a Regional Tax Exemption Experiment
title_sort employment effects of a payroll-tax cut: evidence from a regional tax exemption experiment
publisher Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT
publishDate 2006
url http://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/148390
long_lat ENVELOPE(28.634,28.634,67.158,67.158)
ENVELOPE(26.150,26.150,66.283,66.283)
geographic Nousu
Tukeva
geographic_facet Nousu
Tukeva
genre Northern Finland
genre_facet Northern Finland
op_relation VATT-keskustelualoitteita
407
951-561-669-7 (nid.)
951-561-670-0 (PDF)
http://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/148390
URN:ISBN:951-561-670-0
op_rights All rights reserved
_version_ 1779318000388669440