The Multiprod project

Abstract

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The potential of tax microdata for tax policy

“…During the initial period of the economic boom and the onset of the recession (2006 -2009), incomes continued to rise, most quickly in the bottom of the income distribution. However, the extent of this rise is likely inflated by the severity of unemployment among young workers during the period (Bergin, Kelly and McGuinness, 2015[31]), which on the tax records gives the appearance of higher relative incomes, but may be more of a reflection of the profile of workers who remained in the workforce. Exceptionally, the top 1% were the only percentile to experience a significant decline, likely reflecting their higher concentration of income sources from capital (such as shares) and property.…”

Industry Concentration in Europe and North America

“…Accordingly, the concentration metrics in this section are measured at the firm-level, contrasting with businessgroup level metrics in the next section. See more details about the project in the Appendix and in Berlingieri et al (2017a).…”

The evaluation of the Italian “Start-up Act”

“…Haltiwanger, Lane, and Speltzer, 1999), the exceptional growth of a few high-potential "gazelles" more than compensate for the start-ups that stagnate (Shane, 2009;Calvino, Criscuolo, and Menon, 2016). However, the extent to which resources can be reallocated from inefficient firms to efficient ones differs considerably across countries (Berlingieri et al, 2017). For example, in the USA allocative efficiency explains more than 50% of productivity growth while in Slovenia only 4% (Bartelsman et al, 2013).…”

“…This is motivated by the disproportionate role that young firms have in creating employment, through the contributions of the most successful entrants to economic growth and innovation, and by the existence of a number of market failures that could constrain start-up growth potential. Since the financial crisis, many OECD countries have been struggling with sluggish productivity growth that appears to be driven in part by lower levels of firm dynamism and innovation (Berlingieri et al, 2017;Decker et al, 2016). In terms of innovation, the rate of technological change is occurring faster and the product lifecycle is shortening, meaning that if firms fail to keep up with inventiveness and technology change, they may quickly fall behind (DeStefano et al, 2017;OECD, 2015;McGrath, 2013).…”