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dc.titleWho Benefits from Labor Market Regulations?: Chile 1960-1998
dc.contributor.authorMontenegro, Claudio E.
dc.contributor.authorPagés, Carmen
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageChile
dc.date.available2010-10-28T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2003-08-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractEconomists have examined the impact of labor market regulations on the level of employment. However, there are many reasons to suspect that the impact of regulations differs across types of workers. In this paper we take advantage of the unusually large variance in labor policy in Chile to examine how different labor market regulations affect the distribution of employment and the employment rates across age, gender and skill levels. To this effect, we use a sample of repeated cross-section household surveys spanning the period 1960-1998 and measures of the evolution of job security provisions and minimum wages across time. Our results suggest large distribution effects. We find that employment security provisions and minimum wages reduce the share of youth and unskilled employment as well as their employment rates. We also find large effects on the distribution of employment between women and men.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010729
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Who-Benefits-from-Labor-Market-Regulations-Chile-1960-1998.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectWorkforce and Employment
dc.subjectLabor Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeE24 - Employment • Unemployment • Wages • Intergenerational Income Distribution • Aggregate Human Capital • Aggregate Labor Productivity
dc.subject.jelcodeJ23 - Labor Demand
dc.subject.jelcodeJ65 - Unemployment Insurance • Severance Pay • Plant Closings
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
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