Product market competition and the labour market: Evidence from South Africa

Francesco Amodio, Michele Di Maio, Yifan Li and Patrizio Piraino

No wp-2020-39, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: We study the relationship between product market competition and labour market outcomes in South Africa. We combine firm-level data from tax records with individual-level data from the labour force survey. We estimate markups across sectors, and derive a measure of employment concentration in high-markup sectors across South African district municipalities. We then test whether individual labour market outcomes differ systematically in those district municipalities where employment is more concentrated in high-markup sectors.

Keywords: Product market competition; Tax data; Unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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