State and Local Taxes and Employment by Wage Level

Sohani Fatehin and David L. Sjoquist

Economic Development Quarterly, 2021, vol. 35, issue 1, 53-65

Abstract: Economists have devoted much attention to understanding the effects of state–local fiscal policies, particularly taxes, on the growth of state-level employment. However, no one has investigated whether the effects differ by wage level. Using a state-level panel data set, the authors investigate the link between state–local taxes and the growth of employment for three wage-level categories. The authors find relatively consistent evidence supporting the proposition that the response of employment growth to changes in taxes differs by wage level.

Keywords: state and local taxes; economic development; high-wage employment; taxes and employment growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/0891242420973751

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