Teaching Labor Laws: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in South Africa
| Autor: | Bruno Crépon, Marianne Bertrand |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Labour law Control (management) law.invention Intervention (law) Randomized controlled trial Income distribution law Service (economics) Human development (biology) Demographic economics Business General Economics Econometrics and Finance Constraint (mathematics) media_common |
| Zdroj: | American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 13:125-149 |
| ISSN: | 1945-7790 1945-7782 |
| DOI: | 10.1257/app.20190497 |
| Popis: | We assess whether imperfect knowledge of labor regulation hinders job creation at small and medium-sized firms. We partner with a labor law expert organization that provides information about labor regulation via newsletters and access to a specialized website. We randomly assign 1,800 firms to get access to this service for a 21-week period. Six months later, the average employment level at treatment firms was 12 percent higher than at control firms. The intervention decreased the perception that labor regulation is a constraint to hiring and increased optimal employment level. (JEL D22, D83, J63, L25, K31, O15) |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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