Exploratory research into government regulation's impact on business-level employment growth

Bruce Cunningham (), Leon Colombo and Ulises Garcia
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Bruce Cunningham: Department of Employment
Leon Colombo: Department of Employment
Ulises Garcia: Department of Employment

Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), 2015, vol. 18, issue 3, 375-390

Abstract: Part of recent structural reforms of the Australian economy is a determination to reduce any excessive regulatory burden on businesses. Previous research has shown that the regulatory burden may adversely impact employment growth; however little empirical research has been conducted on the Australian context. This research, using the Australian Business Statistics Business Longitudinal Database, finds mixed evidence for the impact of government regulation on employment. While no significant impact is found for job creation, this paper finds that government regulation has a disproportionate effect on job destruction for firms aged five years or less. For firms that report government regulation as a barrier to performance, the odds of a younger firm reporting job destruction are more than two times greater than for other firms. Given the dataset used, these findings mainly refer to small and medium sized businesses.

Keywords: Government regulation; employment growth; job creation; job destruction; Australia; small business (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B52 L5 L51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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