Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/232873 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14121
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The paper extends the literature on the political economy of labour market institutions by developing a framework in which owners of capital can benefit from both greater labour market flexibility and better rule of law. Their choice of location of manufacturing centres can, therefore, by influenced both by reduction in expropriation that is associated with better rule of law and greater bargaining power vis-à-vis workers by way of greater labour market flexibility. It follows that where owners of capital are better placed to influence government choices of these institutions, labour market flexibility is influenced by both labour market institutions intensity of exports and as well as rule of law intensity of exports. These predictions are borne out by a cross-country empirical analysis.
Subjects: 
labour market institutions
political economy
globalisation
JEL: 
D72
J41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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