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_aJohnston, Andrew
245 0 _aUnemployment insurance taxes and labor demand
_bquasi-experimental evidence from administrative data
_c by Andrew C. Johnston
260 _c2021
500 _aResumen.
520 _aTo finance unemployment insurance, states raise payroll tax rates on employers who engage in layoffs. Tax rates are, therefore, highest for firms after downturns, potentially hampering labor-market recovery. Using full-population, administrative records from Florida, I estimate the effect of these tax increases on firm behavior leveraging a regression kink design in the tax schedule. Tax hikes reduce hiring and employment substantially, with no effect on layoffs or wages. The results imply unanticipated costs of the financing regime which reduce the optimal benefit by a quarter and account for 12 percent of the unemployment in the wake of the Great Recession.
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_aSEGURO DE DESEMPLEO
650 4 _944260
_aFINANCIACION
650 4 _948454
_aSOCIEDADES
650 _aIMPUESTOS
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650 4 _954834
_aINCREMENTO
650 4 _97978
_aIMPOSICION OPTIMA
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_oOP 2135/2021/1
_tAmerican Economic Journal : Economic Policy
_w(IEF)134825
_x 1945-7731
_gv. 13, n. 1, February 2021, p. 266-293
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