Aguilar, Giovanna; Rendon, Sílvio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
To assess the employment effects of labor costs it is crucial to have reliable estimates of the labor cost elasticity … of labor demand. Using a matched firm-worker dataset, we estimate a long run unconditional labor demand function … deadweight loss effects of observed employers’ contributions imposed by labor laws (health insurance, training, and taxes) as …