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Hiring subsidies, job creation and job destruction

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  • Kitao, Sagiri
  • Şahin, Ayşegül
  • Song, Joseph

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We quantify the effects of hiring subsidies using the model of Mortensen and Pissarides (2003). The job creation effect can be large in a weak labor market. However, in the long-run, subsidies raise the wage and equilibrium unemployment.

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  • Kitao, Sagiri & Şahin, Ayşegül & Song, Joseph, 2011. "Hiring subsidies, job creation and job destruction," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 113(3), pages 248-251.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:113:y:2011:i:3:p:248-251
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.08.001
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    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings

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