Can Wage Subsidies Boost Employment in the Wake of an Economic Crisis? Evidence from Mexico

This paper measures the employment effect of a program in Mexico that granted firms wage subsidies during the recent economic crisis. I use monthly administrative data at the industry level, along with Euclidean distance matching to construct groups of eligible and ineligible durable goods manufactu...

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Main Author: Bruhn, Miriam
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor and Francis 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34409