In this paper we study how promoting product market competition by reducing mark-ups or by increasing productivity are …

set of covariates, results show that product market deregulation overall reduces the unemployment rate. This finding is … effect: deregulation of state controls and in particular involvement in business operations tend to push up the unemployment … rate. Labor market deregulation, proxied by the employment protection legislation index, is detrimental to unemployment in …

various covariates, results show that product market deregulation overall reduces unemployment rate. This finding is robust to …: deregulation of State controls and in particular involvement in business operations tends to push up the unemployment rate. Labour … market deregulation, proxied by the employment protection legislation index, is detrimental to unemployment in the short run …

set of covariates, results show that product market deregulation overall reduces the unemployment rate. This finding is … effect: deregulation of state controls and in particular involvement in business operations tends to push up the unemployment … rate. Labour market deregulation, proxied by the employment protection legislation index, is detrimental to unemployment in …