rents and the government can support unions by labour market regulation. We show that if unions are initially very strong …, regulation increases only the workers’ profit share and has no impact on employment and growth. Otherwise, regulation increases … faster. Regulation (deregulation) is desirable when the growth rate is below (above) some critical level. …

This paper investigates how enforcement of labour regulation affects the firm's use of informal labour, firm size and … level, and administrative data on enforcement of regulation at the city level, we show that in areas where law enforcement …

In this paper, I study the political rationale for labor market regulation. Oligopolists employ raw labor and human … less competition from outside. Then, the fall of income due to wage increases is reduced and labor market regulation …

growth accounting and a broad set of indicators of labour regulations, covering two distinct 'areas' of labour regulation … drawbacks in terms of low productivity gains. We also find that more stringent regulation of these practices, as well as a …