Does Regulation Trade-Off Quality against Inequality? The Case of German Architects and Construction Engineers

Davud Rostam-Afschar and Kristina Strohmaier

No 256, GLO Discussion Paper Series from Global Labor Organization (GLO)

Abstract: We exploit an exogenous price increase by about 10% for architectural services to answer the question how rice regulation affects income inequality and service quality. Using individual-level data from the German microcensus for the years 2006 to 2012, we find a significant reform effect of 8% on personal net income for self-employed architects and construction engineers. This group moved from the second lowest to the highest quintile of the net income distribution. This increase in inequality is associated with a deterioration of service quality. The reform reduced average scores of a peer ranking for architects by 18%.

Keywords: Regulation; Inequality; Wages; Service Quality; Entrepreneurship; Natural Experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J44 L11 L26 L5 L74 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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Journal Article: Does Regulation Trade Off Quality against Inequality? The Case of German Architects and Construction Engineers (2019)
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