Mandated Labour Protections & Government Safety Nets: Economic outcomes and worker security
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1 Mandated Labour Protections & Government Safety Nets: Economic outcomes and worker security Debra Hevenstone Policy Studies Institute July 8, 2009 Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
2 Introduction Worker Protections Two groups of policy approaches Mandatory Protections : Through the employment contract dismissal protection minimum wage Safety Net : Directly from the government unemployment insurance active labour market programmes Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
3 Introduction Worker Protections Two groups of policy approaches Mandatory Protections : Through the employment contract dismissal protection minimum wage Safety Net : Directly from the government unemployment insurance active labour market programmes Flexicurity Strong safety net, but weak mandatory protections Assumes protections and safety nets are substitutes for workers Seeks to guarantee individual security but maintain firm flexibility Ignores other policy goals (e.g. job match quality, employment) Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
4 Introduction Overview Questions How have countries policy approaches evolved over time? Do countries use these as compliments or substitutes? How do the two approaches influence labour market outcomes? How do the two approaches influence workers satisfaction? Should countries use these as compliments or substitutes? Approach Develop two indices capturing the two policy approaches Use the indices to examine outcomes Use micro data Presentation Outline Policy & literature background Index design and policy evolution Analysis One: Effects on unemployment Analysis Two: Effects on worker satisfaction Conclusion Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
5 Background Policy Policy Overview: Dismissal protection Dismissal Netherlands Notice: 1 mo for < 5 yrs service, 2 mos for 5-10 yrs, 3 mos for 10-15, 4 mos for 15+ Severance: By collective agreement Third Parties: Permission from Work & Income Centre or Judge rescinds contract Justification: Necessary United States Notice: None (2 weeks by convention) Severance: None Third Parties: None Justification: None Redundancies Notice: Minimum 30 days from request Procedural Failure: dismissal is null Third Parties: Permission from Work & Income Centre Priority: Last in first out Notice: 60 days Procedural Failure: 60 days pay + fine Third Parties: Inform government unit & employee representative Priority: Firm discretion (or union contract) Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
6 Background Policy Policy Overview: Safety net expenditures Active Labour Market Programme Expenditures (as a % of GDP) 4 Switzerland Spain Sweden Unemployment Insurance Expenditures (as a % of GDP) Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
7 Background Policy Policy Overview: Safety net expenditures Active Labour Market Programme Expenditures (as a % of GDP) 4 3 UK Germany Switzerland Spain Italy US France Sweden Netherlands Belgium Unemployment Insurance Expenditures (as a % of GDP) Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
8 Background Impacts of EPL Literature: Mandated protections effects Dependent variables: Inflation GDP growth Earnings growth Income inequality Firm exit and entry Productivity growth Foreign direct investment Unemployment / employment Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
9 Background Impacts of EPL Literature: Mandated protections effects Dependent variables: Inflation GDP growth Earnings growth Income inequality Firm exit and entry Productivity growth Foreign direct investment Unemployment / employment Control variables for studies predicting unemployment: GDP growth Tax wedge Union strength Interest rates Owner occupancy rates Total factor productivity growth Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
10 Background Impacts of EPL Literature: Mandated protections effects Dependent variables: Inflation GDP growth Earnings growth Income inequality Firm exit and entry Productivity growth Foreign direct investment Unemployment / employment Control variables for studies predicting unemployment: GDP growth Tax wedge Union strength Interest rates Owner occupancy rates Total factor productivity growth Findings for studies predicting unemployment: Clear effects for duration Clear effects for youth and women Mixed findings for unemployment rates Tentative economic shock-epl interactions Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
11 Background Impacts of EPL Literature: Mandated protections effects Dependent variables: Inflation GDP growth Earnings growth Income inequality Firm exit and entry Productivity growth Foreign direct investment Unemployment / employment Control variables for studies predicting unemployment: GDP growth Tax wedge Union strength Interest rates Owner occupancy rates Total factor productivity growth Findings for studies predicting unemployment: Clear effects for duration Clear effects for youth and women Mixed findings for unemployment rates Tentative economic shock-epl interactions Nickell, Scarpetta, Freeman, Duval, Micco, Pages, Blanchard, Feldman, Bassanini, OECD Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
12 Background Economics of Happiness Literature: Economics of happiness Theories Relative happiness Fixed point happiness Culture-specific happiness Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
13 Background Economics of Happiness Literature: Economics of happiness Theories Relative happiness Fixed point happiness Culture-specific happiness What influences happiness? Unemployment Strong social norms exacerbate the effect High unemployment negates it Stability Income & Inequality Within a country, income matters Between countries, GDP matters to a point Poverty increases the risk of suicide & unhappiness Inequality generally decreases happiness for everyone,... but it can depend on the individual s income Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
14 Background Economics of Happiness Literature: Economics of happiness Theories Relative happiness Fixed point happiness Culture-specific happiness What influences happiness? Unemployment Strong social norms exacerbate the effect High unemployment negates it Stability Income & Inequality Within a country, income matters Between countries, GDP matters to a point Poverty increases the risk of suicide & unhappiness Inequality generally decreases happiness for everyone,... but it can depend on the individual s income Easterlin, Clark, Oswald, Stutzer, Diener, Eggers, Graham, Layard Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
15 Background Labour Protection Indices Literature: Mandatory protection indices De Jure Indices Dismissal protection: procedure, notice, severance Other protections: minimum wage, hours, probationary period,... Sources: OECD 1999/2006 Employment Outlook, World Bank Doing Business/Employing Workers, Botero 2004, Deakin 2007 Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
16 Background Labour Protection Indices Literature: Mandatory protection indices De Jure Indices Dismissal protection: procedure, notice, severance Other protections: minimum wage, hours, probationary period,... Sources: OECD 1999/2006 Employment Outlook, World Bank Doing Business/Employing Workers, Botero 2004, Deakin 2007 De Facto Indices Measure both law and implementation Questionnaire-based Expert Respondents (businesses or labour lawyers activists, lawyers, & professors) Sources: WEF Competitiveness Report, Global Labor Survey Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
17 Background Labour Protection Indices Literature: Mandatory protection indices De Jure Indices Dismissal protection: procedure, notice, severance Other protections: minimum wage, hours, probationary period,... Sources: OECD 1999/2006 Employment Outlook, World Bank Doing Business/Employing Workers, Botero 2004, Deakin 2007 De Facto Indices Measure both law and implementation Questionnaire-based Expert Respondents (businesses or labour lawyers activists, lawyers, & professors) Sources: WEF Competitiveness Report, Global Labor Survey Derivative Indices Mix of the two types of indices Politcy advocacy or scarce resources Sources: Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom, Fraser Institute Economic Freedom Index, various academic papers Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
18 Policy Indices Mandatory Protection Index Policy Indices: Mandatory protections Includes: Individual dismissals Redundancies Unjust dismissal Methods: Country-year observations Simple additive index Cluster analysis Factor analysis Sources: Deakin 2007 ILO Eurofound Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
19 Policy Indices Mandatory Protection Index Policy Indices: Mandatory protections Includes: Individual dismissals Redundancies Unjust dismissal Methods: Country-year observations Simple additive index Cluster analysis Factor analysis max France Sweden Spain Netherlands Italy Germany UK Switzerland Belgium US min Sources: Deakin 2007 ILO Eurofound Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
20 Policy Indices Mandatory Protection Index Policy Indices: Mandatory protections Includes: Individual dismissals Redundancies Unjust dismissal Methods: Country-year observations Simple additive index Cluster analysis Factor analysis Sources: Deakin 2007 ILO Eurofound max min France Sweden UK Spain US Italy Belgium Netherlands Germany Switzerland Sweden 1982: priority rules for redundancy/rehires (Lag Om Anställningsskydd, see Neal 1984) US 1988: WARN system for redundancies (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act, see De Meuse 2004) Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
21 Policy Indices Safety Net Index Policy Indices: Safety net Includes: Benefit replacement rate Unemployment insurance expenditures Active labour market program expenditures Method: PCA Loadings:.545,.518,.660 Variance explained: 68% Cronbach s alpha.7427 Sources: OECD Social Expenditures OECD Benefit and Wages Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
22 Policy Indices Safety Net Index Policy Indices: Safety net Includes: Benefit replacement rate Unemployment insurance expenditures Active labour market program expenditures Method: PCA Loadings:.545,.518,.660 Variance explained: 68% Cronbach s alpha.7427 max Netherlands Sweden Belgium Switzerland France Germany Spain Italy UK min US Sources: OECD Social Expenditures OECD Benefit and Wages Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
23 Policy Indices Safety Net Index Policy Indices: Safety net Includes: Benefit replacement rate Unemployment insurance expenditures Active labour market program expenditures Method: PCA Loadings:.545,.518,.660 Variance explained: 68% Cronbach s alpha.7427 Sources: OECD Social Expenditures OECD Benefit and Wages max min Germany France UK Sweden Netherlands Belgium Switzerland Spain The Netherlands : ALMP grew.6 to 1.1 % GDP Sweden : ALMP grew.6 to 2.5% GDP Italy US Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
24 Policy Indices Both Indices Policy Indices: Combining indices Mandatory Protection Index max max France Sweden France Sweden Spain Italy Netherlands Spain Netherlands Italy Germany UK Germany UK Switzerland Switzerland Belgium Belgium US US Mandatory Protection Index min min Safety Net Index max min min Safety Net Index max Insecrigidty Protective Liberal Flexicurity Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
25 Unemployment Analysis Overview Analysis One: Worker protections & unemployment Questions: Effect on unemployment? By labour market segment? Effect on labour market participation? By labour market segment? Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
26 Unemployment Analysis Overview Analysis One: Worker protections & unemployment Questions: Effect on unemployment? By labour market segment? Effect on labour market participation? By labour market segment? Data: Luxembourg Income Study Over 1.1 million observations ages country-years BE, FR, DE, IT, NL, ES, SE, CH, UK, US Individuals Labour market status Age, gender, education, marital status, disability Country-years Safety net index Mandatory protection index Union density, tax wedge, GDP growth Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
27 Unemployment Analysis Method Analysis One: Method OLS regression inappropriate iid assumption violated Individuals are correlated within country-years Also country and time cross correlations Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
28 Unemployment Analysis Method Analysis One: Method OLS regression inappropriate iid assumption violated Individuals are correlated within country-years Also country and time cross correlations Logit model with country-year clustering Outcome: ln(odds unemployed) Slopes Estimated using OLS Tried country-year centred independent variables Estimated standard errors using Huber/White sandwich method Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
29 Unemployment Analysis Method Analysis One: Method OLS regression inappropriate iid assumption violated Individuals are correlated within country-years Also country and time cross correlations Logit model with country-year clustering Outcome: ln(odds unemployed) Slopes Estimated using OLS Tried country-year centred independent variables Estimated standard errors using Huber/White sandwich method Alternative method Multilevel model (with crossed random effects) Currently impossible However, analysis is planned Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
30 Unemployment Analysis Findings Analysis One: Sample findings all Individuals male age married disability education compulsory st secondary nd secondary tertiary university Country-years union density.0066 tax wedge.0403 gdp growth.0503 safety net index mandatory index.0289 Logit regression predicting ln(odds unemployment) Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
31 Unemployment Analysis Findings Analysis One: Sample findings all age age Individuals male age married disability education compulsory st secondary nd secondary tertiary university Country-years union density tax wedge gdp growth safety net index mandatory index Logit regression predicting ln(odds unemployment) Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
32 Unemployment Analysis Findings Analysis One: Youth employment effects probability of unemployment varying mandatory protection varying the safety net 0 min index range Based on the estimates for ages Holding constant: 22 year old male with tertiary education In a country with 22% union density, 24% tax wedge, and 3% gdp growth. Note that evaluations find that ALMPs have no impact on youth. (Kluve et al) Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18 max
33 Happiness Analysis Analysis Two: Worker satisfaction Mandatory Protection - job flows - if employed + if unemployed + - unemployment rate income dispersion - if employed + if unemployed + if high income - if low/middle happiness + unemployed - Safety Net - if employed + if unemployed income + Controls: -age -health -children -education Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
34 Happiness Analysis Analysis Two: Worker satisfaction Mandatory Protection - job flows + - income dispersion - if employed + if unemployed + if high income - if low/middle happiness if unemployed social norms around unemployment unemployment rate - if employed + if unemployed + unemployed - Safety Net - if employed + if unemployed income + Controls: -age -health -children -education Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
35 Happiness Analysis Analysis Two: Design Data: World Values Survey/European Values Survey Unbalanced panel of 44 country-years FR, UK, DE, IT, ES, NL, BE, SE, USA, CH 1981, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2005 Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
36 Happiness Analysis Analysis Two: Design Data: World Values Survey/European Values Survey Unbalanced panel of 44 country-years FR, UK, DE, IT, ES, NL, BE, SE, USA, CH 1981, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2005 Variables: Happiness How often do you feel happy? Are you satisfied with life? Are you very happy, quite happy, not very happy, not at all happy? Unemployment The unemployed should have the right to refuse a job. The unemployed should have to take any job or lose benefits. It is an individual s (the state s) responsibility to provide for people? Controls SES, income, hrs worked, education, employment status, health,... Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
37 Conclusion Conclusion Findings Switzerland and Belgium as flexicurity countries? Small countries...? Mandated protections increase employment among prime-age workers, but increase unemployment among the young. Safety nets and ALMP reduce youth unemployment, but increase unemployment among older workers. Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
38 Conclusion Conclusion Findings Switzerland and Belgium as flexicurity countries? Small countries...? Mandated protections increase employment among prime-age workers, but increase unemployment among the young. Safety nets and ALMP reduce youth unemployment, but increase unemployment among older workers. Future work Labour market participation rates Heckman selection model Multilevel models Happiness analysis Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
39 Conclusion Conclusion Findings Switzerland and Belgium as flexicurity countries? Small countries...? Mandated protections increase employment among prime-age workers, but increase unemployment among the young. Safety nets and ALMP reduce youth unemployment, but increase unemployment among older workers. Future work Labour market participation rates Heckman selection model Multilevel models Happiness analysis Thoughts The role of values in setting policy? Debra Hevenstone (Policy Studies Institute) Labour Protections July 8, / 18
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