Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/36818 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 4931
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Low-wage subsidies are often proposed as a solution to the unemployment problem among the low skilled. Yet the empirical evidence on the effects of low-wage subsidies is surprisingly scarce. This paper examines the employment effects of a Finnish payroll tax subsidy scheme, which is targeted at the employers of older, full-time, low-wage workers. The system's clear eligibility criteria open up an opportunity for a reliable estimation of the causal impacts of the subsidy, using a difference-in-difference-in-differences approach. Our results indicate that the subsidy system had no effects on the employment rate. However, it appears to have increased the probability of part-time workers obtaining full-time employment.
Subjects: 
Low-wage subsidies
employment
social security contributions
JEL: 
H24
J23
J68
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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