@article{1b84b1ce371945f085461abae58e8aaf,
title = "Labor market institutions and income inequality: An empirical exploration",
abstract = "This paper presents evidence on the impact of labor regulations on income inequality using a recently published database on labor institutions and outcomes as well as different panel data analysis techniques for a large sample of countries for 1970-2000. When applying our preferred technique we find that both de jure and de facto regulations improve the distribution of income although the former appear to be non-robustly associated with improving income inequality. This result partly reflects the fact that regulations are endogenous and, more interestingly, that different regulation yield distinct effects.",
keywords = "GMM-IV, Income inequality, Labor laws, Long-run, Regulation, Rigidity, GMM-IV, Income inequality, Labor laws, Long-run, Regulation, Rigidity",
author = "C{\'e}sar Calder{\'o}n and Alberto Chong",
year = "2009",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s11127-008-9339-1",
language = "English",
volume = "138",
pages = "65--81",
journal = "Public Choice",
issn = "0048-5829",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands",
number = "1-2",
}