Technology and labor regulations: theory and evidence

被引：44

作者：

Alesina, Alberto ^{[1
]}

Battisti, Michele ^{[2
]}

Zeira, Joseph ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Harvard Univ, Dept Econ, Littauer Ctr 210, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[2] Univ Palermo, Dipartimento Giurisprudenza, Piazza Bologni 8, I-90134 Palermo, Italy

[3] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Dept Econ, IL-91905 Jerusalem, Israel

来源：

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GROWTH | 2018年 / 23卷 / 01期

基金：

以色列科学基金会;

关键词：

Technology choice; Cost of labor; Skill premium; Labor regulations; TECHNICAL CHANGE; WAGE INEQUALITY; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; SKILL; UNEMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRY; WORLD; INSTITUTIONS; EXPLORATION; EMPLOYMENT;

D O I：

10.1007/s10887-017-9146-y

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper shows that different labor market policies can lead to differences in technology across sectors in a model of labor saving technologies. Labor market regulations reduce the skill premium and as a result, if technologies are labor saving, countries with more stringent labor regulation, which bind more for low skilled workers, become less technologically advanced in their high skill sectors, but more technologically advanced in their low skill sectors. We then present data on capital-output ratios, on estimated productivity levels and on patent creation, which tend to support the predictions of our model.

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