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States Lack Adequate Unemployment Insurance Reserves, Christopher J. O'Leary
States Lack Adequate Unemployment Insurance Reserves, Christopher J. O'Leary
Upjohn Institute Policy and Research Briefs
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State Incentives For Innovation, Star Scientists, And Jobs: Evidence From Biotech, Enrico Moretti, Daniel J. Wilson
State Incentives For Innovation, Star Scientists, And Jobs: Evidence From Biotech, Enrico Moretti, Daniel J. Wilson
Upjohn Institute Working Papers
We evaluate the effects of state-provided financial incentives for biotech companies, which are part of a growing trend of placed-based policies designed to spur innovation clusters. We estimate that the adoption of subsidies for biotech employers by a state raises the number of star biotech scientists in that state by about 15 percent over a three-year period. A 10 percent decline in the user cost of capital induced by an increase in R&D tax incentives raises the number of stars by 22 percent. Most of the gains are due to the relocation of star scientists to adopting states, with limited …
The Tax Treatment Of Fringe Benefits, Stephen A. Woodbury, Wei-Jang Huang
The Tax Treatment Of Fringe Benefits, Stephen A. Woodbury, Wei-Jang Huang
Upjohn Press
Woodbury and Huang use econometric models to investigate how changes in the tax treatment of fringe benefits can be expected to influence the level of benefits and compensation provided by employers, federal revenues, and income inequality.