2020/10/30 by Gabriele Ciminelli, Romain Duval, Davide Furceri · 1 voice · 2 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Health Professions · #Labor market dynamics and wage inequality #Employment and Welfare Studies #Firm Innovation and Growth
paper · doi:10.1162/rest_a_00983
Abstract This paper assesses the impact of job protection deregulation on the labor share in a sample of 26 advanced economies during the 1970–2013 period, using a newly constructed dataset of major reforms in this area. We employ a difference-in-differences identification strategy using two identifying assumptions grounded in theory—deregulation has larger effects in industries characterized by (i) a higher “natural” propensity to regularly adjust the workforce and (ii) a lower elasticity of substitution between capital and labor. We find significant negative effects of deregulation on the labor share, contributing to about a tenth of its observed decline in advanced economies.