countries with more stringent de jure regulation tend to enforce less. While civil law countries tend to have more stringent de … stringent de jure labor regulations, lower overall labor inspection, and larger differences in effective regulation of bigger …

We investigate the regulation of labor markets through employment laws, collective bargaining laws, and social security … generous social security systems. Socialist and French legal origin countries have sharply higher levels of labor regulation …. Heavier regulation of labor is associated with a larger unofficial economy, lower labor force participation, and higher …