Labor Market Institutions and Income Inequality: An Empirical Exploration

This paper presents evidence on the impact of labor regulations on income inequality using a recently published database on labor institutions and outcomes as well as different panel data analysis techniques for a large sample of countries for 1970-2000. When applying our preferred technique we find...

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Main Authors:	Calderon, Cesar, Chong, Alberto
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310 Labor Economics Policies J080 Economics of Regulation L510
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5488

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spelling	okr-10986-54882021-04-23T14:02:22Z Labor Market Institutions and Income Inequality: An Empirical Exploration Calderon, Cesar Chong, Alberto Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310 Labor Economics Policies J080 Economics of Regulation L510 This paper presents evidence on the impact of labor regulations on income inequality using a recently published database on labor institutions and outcomes as well as different panel data analysis techniques for a large sample of countries for 1970-2000. When applying our preferred technique we find that both de jure and de facto regulations improve the distribution of income although the former appear to be non-robustly associated with improving income inequality. This result partly reflects the fact that regulations are endogenous and, more interestingly, that different regulation yield distinct effects. 2012-03-30T07:33:04Z 2012-03-30T07:33:04Z 2009 Journal Article Public Choice 00485829 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5488 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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description	This paper presents evidence on the impact of labor regulations on income inequality using a recently published database on labor institutions and outcomes as well as different panel data analysis techniques for a large sample of countries for 1970-2000. When applying our preferred technique we find that both de jure and de facto regulations improve the distribution of income although the former appear to be non-robustly associated with improving income inequality. This result partly reflects the fact that regulations are endogenous and, more interestingly, that different regulation yield distinct effects.
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author	Calderon, Cesar Chong, Alberto
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title	Labor Market Institutions and Income Inequality: An Empirical Exploration
title_short	Labor Market Institutions and Income Inequality: An Empirical Exploration
title_full	Labor Market Institutions and Income Inequality: An Empirical Exploration
title_fullStr	Labor Market Institutions and Income Inequality: An Empirical Exploration
title_full_unstemmed	Labor Market Institutions and Income Inequality: An Empirical Exploration
title_sort	labor market institutions and income inequality: an empirical exploration
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Labor Market Institutions and Income Inequality: An Empirical Exploration

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