Arbeitspapier

Globalization, Labor Market Regulation, and Firm Behavior

The paper analyzes the link between firm characteristics and labor market regulation in five Asian economies - Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Viet Nam. Labor market policies and labor standards do not only affects workers, but also influence firms' investment and employment decisions. The empirical analysis uses information from enterprise surveys. Empirical results describe systematic differences in the perceived level of labor market regulation. Controlling for a wide set of firm characteristics, the perceived level of labor market regulation is found to vary between firms that participate in global trade as against those supplying the domestic market. The in-country location of a firm is also a significant determinant. The level of labor intensity explains variation in the reported level of labor market regulation between firms. Findings support a better understanding of the types of firms that find labor market regulation to be an obstacle to their operations, and can be used to design targeted policy interventions.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: ADB Economics Working Paper Series ; No. 361

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
Trade and Labor Market Interactions
Labor Demand
Thema
labor market institutions (regulation)
trade and labor markets
developing countries

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Meyer, Moritz
Vandenberg, Paul
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
(wo)
Manila
(wann)
2013

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Meyer, Moritz
  • Vandenberg, Paul
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Entstanden

  • 2013

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