Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/315139 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
Texto para discussão No. 700
Publisher: 
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Departamento de Economia, Rio de Janeiro
Abstract: 
How much employment can be generated by decreasing payroll taxes? We examine this question by exploring the staggered rollout of a large payroll tax reform in Brazil. Using administrative matched employer-employee data, we find an increase of 5 percent on employment due to both firm growth and firm entry, no impact on wages and a significant increase in profits. Moreover, employment effects are driven by less concentrated labor markets, consistent with predictions from an oligopsony model.
Subjects: 
Payroll Tax
Employment
Wages
Profits
Oligopsony
JEL: 
H2
J3
J6
J42
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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