Direct and Spillover Effects of Enforcing Labor Standards
研究了阿根廷一项针对家政工人及其雇主的政策,发现劳动标准执行使家政工人正规就业率提高31%,月收入增加近4%,同时其子女(尤其是女性)的劳动供给显著减少。
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% increase in formality rates of domestic workers and an increase in monthly earnings of almost 4%, 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).