Labor Market Reform and Rent Sharing: A Quasi-Experimental Experience
23 Pages Posted: 7 Nov 2013 Last revised: 11 Mar 2014
Date Written: March 10, 2014
Abstract
In this paper, we analyze the wage effects of the adoption of a labor reform aiming at making labor institutions more flexible. We are working with a quasi-experimental setting referring to a sample of Italian companies before and after the introduction of the Treu Reform (1997). Our IV-estimations confirm that this reform not only increased workers’ wages via rent sharing, but also fuelled a convergence process of the elasticity between rent sharing and wages across the sectors.
Keywords: Rent sharing, IV estimation
JEL Classification: C36; J30; J50
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Poggi, Ambra and Nicolini, Rosella, Labor Market Reform and Rent Sharing: A Quasi-Experimental Experience (March 10, 2014). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2351136 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2351136
Do you have negative results from your research you’d like to share?
Feedback
Feedback to SSRN
If you need immediate assistance, call 877-SSRNHelp (877 777 6435) in the United States, or +1 212 448 2500 outside of the United States, 8:30AM to 6:00PM U.S. Eastern, Monday - Friday.