Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/114052 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 9184
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study the effects of a Danish wage subsidy program for highly educated workers on the labor market outcomes of the persons participating in the program and on the performance of the firms that hired these subsidized workers. Using data on the population of program participants, both individuals and firms, we find that the program had positive effects on employment and wages the year individuals participate in the program. For wages, we also find positive and statistically significant effects for the two subsequent years. At the program participating firm level, we find statistically significant effects on the number of highly educated employees for both the period of program participation and the subsequent time period.
Subjects: 
wage subsidies
firm performance
program evaluation
JEL: 
D04
O31
O38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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