RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Direct and Spillover Effects of Enforcing Labor Standards: Evidence from Argentina
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 0221-11490R2
DO 10.3368/jhr.0221-11490R2
A1 Feld, Brian
YR 2022
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2022/05/02/jhr.0221-11490R2.abstract
AB 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).