Privatized Firms, Rule of Law and Labor Outcomes in Emerging Markets

León-Ciliotta, Gianmarco; Chong, Alberto

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1007173

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Privatized Firms, Rule of Law and Labor Outcomes in Emerging Markets

Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 45, No. 9, 1513–1525, October 2009

25 Pages Posted: 15 Aug 2007 Last revised: 21 Mar 2010

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Gianmarco León-Ciliotta

Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona GSE; Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE); Institute for Political Economy and Governance, Barcelona; CEPR

Alberto Chong

University of Ottawa

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Date Written: October 1, 2009

Abstract

A recent large firm-level dataset is analysed to compare labour indicators of privatised, private, and public firms around the world, in particular differences relating to wages, benefits, labour composition, education and training, unionisation, and quality of management. We find that labour productivity and the ratio of permanent to temporary workers increase after privatisation.

Keywords: Privatization, Labor, Firms, Institutions, Public Sector, Cross-Country

JEL Classification: O10

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León-Ciliotta, Gianmarco and Chong, Alberto, Privatized Firms, Rule of Law and Labor Outcomes in Emerging Markets (October 1, 2009). Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 45, No. 9, 1513–1525, October 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1007173 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1007173