Labor Regulations and European Private Equity

Ant Bozkaya () and William Kerr

No 15627, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: European nations substitute between employment protection regulations and labor market expenditures (e.g., unemployment insurance benefits) for providing worker insurance. Employment regulations more directly tax firms making frequent labor adjustments than other labor insurance mechanisms. Venture capital and private equity investors are especially sensitive to these labor adjustment costs. Nations favoring labor expenditures as the mechanism for providing worker insurance developed stronger private equity markets in high volatility sectors over 1990-2004. These patterns are further evident in US investments into Europe. In this context, policy mechanisms are more important than the overall insurance level provided.

JEL-codes: G24 J21 J65 L26 M13 O31 O32 O52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-12
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Published as Labor Regulations and European Venture Capital Ant Bozkaya1 andWilliam R. Kerr2,3 Article first published online: 25 OCT 2014 DOI: 10.1111/jems.12077 © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Issue Journal of Economics & Management Strategy Journal of Economics & Management Strategy Volume 23, Issue 4, pages 776–810, Winter 2014

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