Search for dissertations about: "payroll tax"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words payroll tax.

  2. 1. Taxes, Nudges, and Conformity : Essays in Labor and Behavioral Economics

    Author : Egebark Johan; Peter Fredriksson; Roope Uusitalo; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Youth unemployment; Payroll tax; Self-employment tax; Tax subsidy; Labor costs; Resource conservation; Default option; Moral appeal; Social interactions; Contagion; Natural Field Experiment; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers summarized as follows.Do Payroll Tax Cuts Raise Youth Employment? We study whether payroll tax reductions are an effective means to raise youth employment. In 2007, the Swedish employer-paid payroll tax was cut on a large scale for young workers, substantially reducing labor costs for this group. READ MORE

  4. 2. Understanding Firm Behavior : The Role of Recruitments and Institutional Reforms

    Author : Anton Nyrenström Gidehag; Sven-Olov Daunfeldt; Dan Johansson; Niklas Rudholm; Christian Bjørnskov; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Recruitment; knowledge spillover; labor cost; labor demand; employment; immigrants; payroll tax; wages; tax evasion;

    Abstract : The topic of this thesis is firm behavior and how it is shaped by institutional changes and firms’ recruitment decisions.The first essay studies how the recruitment decisions made by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) affect their subsequent productivity development. READ MORE

  5. 3. Toward more inclusive labor markets : A firm-level perspective on hiring outsiders

    Author : Hans Seerar Westerberg; Dan Johansson; Sven-Olov Daunfeldt; Per Skedinger; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labor costs; minimum wage; payroll tax; employment; immigrants; unemployment; high-growth firms;

    Abstract : This thesis contains five self-contained papers on firms’ hiring decisions regarding outsiders and how these decisions interact with insiders. Outsiders are broadly defined as people with a weak labor market position, e.g., unemployed, non-Western migrants or minimum-wage workers. READ MORE

  6. 4. Workers, Firms and Welfare : Four Essays in Economics

    Author : Niklas Kaunitz; Markus Jäntti; Matthew Lindquist; Erik Lindqvist; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; payroll taxes; unemployment; labor demand; firm performance; subjective well-being; cash margin; aggregation; utilitarianism; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis comprises four chapters, in two parts. The first part examines the result of a Swedish payroll tax reduction; first from the perspective of the worker, then from that of the employer. The second half of the thesis concerns subjective well-being, both from an individual and from an aggregate viewpoint. READ MORE

  7. 5. Taxation, wage formation, unemployment and welfare

    Author : Ann-Sofie Kolm; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays on the impact of taxation on wage formation,unemployment and welfare.Essay I (with Bertil Holmlund) examines how a progressive tax system affects wageformation. READ MORE