Occupational entry regulations and their effects on productivity in services. Firm-level evidence.

Autor/inn/en	Bambalaite, Indre; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Rueden, Christina von
Institution	OECD / Economics Department
Titel	Occupational entry regulations and their effects on productivity in services. Firm-level evidence. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Berufliche Zugangsbeschränkungen und ihr Einfluss auf die Produktivität von Dienstleistungen. Erkenntnisse auf Unternehmensebene.
Quelle	Paris (2020), 52 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	OECD Economics Department working papers. 1605
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
DOI	10.1787/c8b88d8b-en
Schlagwörter	Reformpolitik; Personenbezogene Dienstleistung; Produktivitätseffekt; Unternehmensbezogene Dienstleistung; Arbeitsproduktivität; Qualifikationsanforderung; Berufsrecht; Dienstleistungsberuf; Internationaler Vergleich; Auswirkung; Lizenz; Regulation; Zugangsvoraussetzung; Europäische Union; Belgien; Griechenland; Großbritannien; Italien; Kanada; Polen; Portugal; Slowenien; Spanien; USA
Abstract	"This paper assesses the link between occupational entry regulations (OER) and labour productivity. It combines international firm-level productivity data with the new composite indicator measuring the stringency of OER in terms of administrative burdens, qualifications requirements, and mobility restrictions estimated in von Rueden and Bambalaite (2020). The analysis is performed for 11 EU countries, for three professional and eight personal services. The evidence suggests that bold reforms easing OER, especially those concerning qualification requirements, could help increase the contribution of personal and professional services to aggregate productivity growth via two channels: the improvement in firm-level productivity growth, where the average firms in regulated sectors could gain around 1.5 percentage points on impact; and a higher contribution of labour reallocation to firms' employment growth, which could increase by up to 10 percent for the most productive firms. Given the scope for reform highlighted by crosscountry differences in regulatory approaches and the potential positive effects on productivity of such reforms, our results are supportive of the need to (i) review regulations in the light of changing public interests, technological developments and international experience, (ii) shift the focus of regulations from inputs to outputs wherever possible, and (iii) check the implications of regulations for competition and explore new ways to deliver better information to consumers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2020/3