The impact on employment of a lower wage costs. New EUROFOUND report

The main aim of this report is to assess the effectiveness of employer-side incentives in generating positive labour market outcomes. The report summarises the current state of knowledge on the effectiveness of shifts in employer social security contributions, employer payroll taxes and functionally equivalent employer incentives as employment-generating policy interventions. The assessment involved a review of 68 methodologically robust evaluations of specific policy interventions, including a detailed meta-analysis. The evaluations covered relate largely to policies implemented in EU Member States from 2000 onwards. The report also presents an overview of more recent (2008–2014) policies implemented in different Member States.

 he members of AQR-IREA Raül Ramos, Enrique López-Bazo, Vicente Royuela, Rosina Moreno and Jordi Suriñach jointly with Christian Dreger, Carlos Vacas and John Hurley have been the research team.

For further information: EUROFOUND web page [+], Click here to download the report [+].