Utilizing a Difference-in-Differences technique we assess the effects of a ten % points decrease in the payroll tax introduced in 2002 for organizations in the northern part of Sweden. We discover no employment effects for existing businesses and can rule out that
To study effects of out-of-school learning we use data on boarding home pupils who attended elementary public schools in the 1940’s. The out-of-school environment at the boarding homes could be considered being more learner friendly than the home environment on average: the
We ask which part of the observed cross-country differences in the level of per capita income can be accounted for by monopoly rights in the labour market. We answer this question in a calibrated growth model with two final goods sectors. The