Labour Law & Inclusive Development: the Economic Effects of Industrial Relations Laws in Middle-Income Countries

Simon Deakin, Colin Fenwick and Prabirjit Sarkar ()

Working Papers from Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge

Abstract: We use leximetric data coding techniques and panel data econometrics to test for the economic effects of laws governing worker representation and industrial action in the large middle-income countries of Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa. We find that more worker-protective laws on employee representation tend to be correlated with higher scores on the Human Development Index. By contrast, in the case of laws on industrial action, some negative effects on human development indicators are reported. Our findings imply that laws supporting employee voice and collective bargaining may have beneficial social effects in middle-income countries. We find no rise in unemployment due to more protective labour laws.

JEL-codes: J88 K31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-12
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