Direct and Spillover Effects of Enforcing Labor Standards: Evidence from Argentina

Brian Feld

Journal of Human Resources, 2024, vol. 59, issue 5, 1503-1534

Abstract: I study how increases in labor standards and enforcement affect workers and their families. Using a policy in Argentina that targeted domestic workers and their employers, I find a 31 percent increase in formality rates of domestic workers and an increase in monthly earnings of almost 4 percent, despite a reduction in hours of work. I also study whether the reform produced changes among other members of domestic workers’ families. I find a substantial reduction in labor supply among children of domestic workers (especially women).

JEL-codes: J08 J46 O17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
Note: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0221-11490R2
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