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Tax progressivity and R&D employment

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  • d'Andria, Diego

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We study the relationship between tax progressivity and the size of the R&D workforce, using a panel of European countries in 2000-2019. We review the theoretical literature which provides opposing predictions about such a relationship. We then demonstrate that such relationship exists as a "within" effect, it is negative, meaning that a larger tax progressivity is associated with smaller shares of employment in R&D activities, and it remains statistically significant after performing a number of robustness tests. Differently to previous studies based on patenting inventors, we find no effect due to top tax rates on the size of R&D employment.

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  • d'Andria, Diego, 2024. "Tax progressivity and R&D employment," MPRA Paper 120937, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:120937
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    Keywords

    Tax progressivity; R&D; Labour force structure;
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    JEL classification:

    • H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights

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