Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/170610 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 13
Publisher: 
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza (DISCE), Milano
Abstract: 
In the public debate, poor employment performance has often been associated with the existence of extensive labour market regulations and a lack of commitment to far- sighted public policies. This paper investigates the relation between policy myopia and labour market institutions. We develop a theoretical model in which policy myopia leads an incumbent government to choose institutions that allow the creation of rents in the labour market and reduce resources available to public goods provision and social expenditure. We test these predictions empirically using panel data for 21 OECD countries for the period 1985{2006. We show that policy myopia is associated with more regulated labour markets, lower unemployment benefit replacement rates, and smaller tax wedges on labour.
Subjects: 
Policy myopia
public good provision
labour market institutions
JEL: 
J64
J88
H11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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