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1 Family Values and the Regulation of Labor Alberto Alesina (Harvard University) Pierre Cahuc (Polytechnique, CREST) Yann Algan (Science Po, OFCE) Paola Giuliano (UCLA) April / 56
2 Introduction Differences in labor market regulation across the world Rigid labor markets survive Why? 2 / 56
3 Introduction Differences in labor market regulation across the world Rigid labor markets survive Why? 2 / 56
4 Introduction Differences in labor market regulation across the world Rigid labor markets survive Why? 2 / 56
5 We argue that family values play a crucial role What is the relation between family values and labor market regulations? Flexible labor markets requires mobile workers Otherwise, firms can take advantage of the immobility of workers and extract monopsony rents In cultures with strong family ties, moving away from home has utility costs Thus, individuals with strong family ties support regulated labor markets to reduce the monopsony power of firms, even though they produce lower employment 3 / 56
6 There are complementarities between the strength of family ties and the stringency of labor market regulation Weak family ties flexible labor markets Strong family ties rigid labor markets This leads to two equilibria Weak family ties and labor market flexibility Strong family ties and stringent labor market regulation 4 / 56
7 What can we explain? On the positive side why certain countries have more regulated labor markets than others strong inertia in labor market regulations due to intergenerational transmission of family values On the normative side why rigid labor markets with high unemployment are not necessarily less effi cient than flexible labor markets with low unemployment why it is so diffi cult to reform labor markets in many countries 5 / 56
8 Related research Cultural values and economic outcomes (Alesina and Giuliano (2008, 2010), Algan and Cahuc (2010), Algan et al. (2010), Fernandez and Fogli (2009), Giuliano (2007), Guiso, Sapienza and Zingales (2006)) Cultural values and institutions (Tabellini 2008) Our approach: about family values and labor market regulation 6 / 56
9 Related research Cultural values and economic outcomes (Alesina and Giuliano (2008, 2010), Algan and Cahuc (2010), Algan et al. (2010), Fernandez and Fogli (2009), Giuliano (2007), Guiso, Sapienza and Zingales (2006)) Cultural values and institutions (Tabellini 2008) Our approach: about family values and labor market regulation 6 / 56
10 Related research Cultural values and economic outcomes (Alesina and Giuliano (2008, 2010), Algan and Cahuc (2010), Algan et al. (2010), Fernandez and Fogli (2009), Giuliano (2007), Guiso, Sapienza and Zingales (2006)) Cultural values and institutions (Tabellini 2008) Our approach: about family values and labor market regulation 6 / 56
11 1 The model 7 / 56
12 1 The model 2 Family ties and the demand for labor market regulation 7 / 56
13 1 The model 2 Family ties and the demand for labor market regulation 3 Persistent effects of family ties 7 / 56
14 Results Individuals with strong family ties migrate less, face a wage and employment penalty, and demand more labor market regulations (within country and second generation immigrants) Family values inherited from the country of origin before WWII are positively correlated with the stringency of labor market regulation 8 / 56
15 Results Individuals with strong family ties migrate less, face a wage and employment penalty, and demand more labor market regulations (within country and second generation immigrants) Family values inherited from the country of origin before WWII are positively correlated with the stringency of labor market regulation 8 / 56
16 The model The setup There are two goods: labor and a numeraire good produced with labor Continuum of individuals of mass one Individuals are uniformly located on the [0, 1] line Identical, risk neutral and no preference for leisure Utility = consumption + valuation of family relations 3 stage static model 9 / 56
17 Stage 1: At birth, each individual is located on the [0, 1] line, on a point where his parents live Individuals "choose" family values which can be 1 either with strong family ties 2 or with weak family ties The choice of family values is irreversible 10 / 56
18 The share of individuals with strong family ties is denoted by σ Person with weak family ties are indifferent between living in their location of birth or elsewhere Strong family ties yield utility { (σ) > 0 if immobile (σ) if mobile (σ), the valuation of strong family ties, increases with σ (social norms more influent when more spread) 11 / 56
19 Stage 2: People vote to choose labor market regulation according to the majority rule There are two possible types of labor market regulation 1 Labor market flexibility (i.e. laissez-faire) 2 Regulation which comprises minimum wage job protection 12 / 56
20 Stage 3: Firms offer labor contracts When a worker is employed in his initial location, his productivity y is drawn in the uniform distribution on the interval [0, 1] All workers can find jobs with productivity 1 in locations different from their initial location Job protection constrains firms to keep all employees whose productivity is above a threshold value denoted by R [0, 1]. Job protection entails deadweight losses c, that is the production of a worker who draws the productivity y is equal to y c. 13 / 56
21 Stage 3: Firms offer labor contracts When a worker is employed in his initial location, his productivity y is drawn in the uniform distribution on the interval [0, 1] All workers can find jobs with productivity 1 in locations different from their initial location Job protection constrains firms to keep all employees whose productivity is above a threshold value denoted by R [0, 1]. Job protection entails deadweight losses c, that is the production of a worker who draws the productivity y is equal to y c. 13 / 56
22 Stage 3: Firms offer labor contracts When a worker is employed in his initial location, his productivity y is drawn in the uniform distribution on the interval [0, 1] All workers can find jobs with productivity 1 in locations different from their initial location Job protection constrains firms to keep all employees whose productivity is above a threshold value denoted by R [0, 1]. Job protection entails deadweight losses c, that is the production of a worker who draws the productivity y is equal to y c. 13 / 56
23 Stage 3: Firms offer labor contracts When a worker is employed in his initial location, his productivity y is drawn in the uniform distribution on the interval [0, 1] All workers can find jobs with productivity 1 in locations different from their initial location Job protection constrains firms to keep all employees whose productivity is above a threshold value denoted by R [0, 1]. Job protection entails deadweight losses c, that is the production of a worker who draws the productivity y is equal to y c. 13 / 56
24 The model The solution Model solved backward In stage 3, the labor market is either regulated or flexible, and the share of individuals with strong family ties is given 14 / 56
25 Flexible labor market Individuals with weak family ties get a wage equal to 1 because they are perfectly mobile U W F = 1 Individuals with strong family ties get a wage equal to 1 if they leave their initial location, but the cost of moving is 2 (σ), so their reservation wage is equal to: max[0, 1 2 (σ)] 15 / 56
26 If (σ) > 1/2 they stay and their utility is (σ) If (σ) < 1/2] 1 If their productivity is larger than their reservation wage, they are hired and their utility is 1 (σ) (1 2 (σ) + (σ)) 2 If their productivity is lower than their reservation wage: 1 (σ) The utility of individuals with strong family ties is U S F = max[ (σ), 1 (σ)] 16 / 56
27 Rigid labor market The government regulates: { minimum wage w job protection individual gets a job if y R Deadweight losses associated with job protection: productivity is y c, c > 0, c small, instead of y y uniform distribution on [0, 1] 17 / 56
28 Individuals with weak family ties get the expected utility U W R = (1 R) max(1 c, w) + R(1 c). The expected utility of individuals with strong family ties is UR S = (1 R) max[w + (σ), 1 c (σ)] + R max[ (σ), 1 c (σ)] 18 / 56
29 In stage 2, people vote to choose the labor market policy according to the majority rule The share of individuals with strong family ties, chosen in stage one, is given The median voter can have either strong family ties or weak family ties 2 policies: either regulation or flexibility 19 / 56
30 Individuals with weak family ties obtain { U W F = 1 under labor market flexibility U W R < 1 under labor market regulation Therefore, individuals with weak family ties always prefer labor market flexibility Vote labor market flexibility if the share of strong family ties σ < 1/2 20 / 56
31 Suppose σ > 1/2, The expected utility of individuals with strong family ties with flexible labor market is U S F = (σ) When the labor market is rigid: U S R = (1 R)w + (σ) Thus, when σ > 1/2, a median voter with strong family ties prefers a rigid labor market 21 / 56
32 The optimal labor market regulation: max (w,r) US R = (1 R)w + (σ) subject to the zero profit condition 1 R (y c w)dy = 0 22 / 56
33 Solution R = c and w = 1 c 2 Workers with strong family ties get the expected utility U S R = (1 c)2 2 + (σ) which is larger than (σ), the utility they would get if the labor market was flexible In conclusion: the outcome of the vote is { regulation if σ > 1/2 flexibility otherwise 23 / 56
34 In stage 1 individuals choose their family values with perfect foresight The utility gains of choosing strong family ties rather than weak family ties are: { max[ (σ), 1 (σ)] 1 if σ 1/2 Γ(σ) = (σ) 1 c2 2 if σ > 1/2 24 / 56
35 Properties of equilibria Under the assumptions that (1/2) > 1/2 and (0) < 1 there are two stable Nash equilibria The equilibrium with strong family ties and rigid labor market has lower employment and lower production than the equilibrium with weak family ties Standard" result in economics, BUT 25 / 56
36 Wefare comparison The equilibrium with strong family ties provides higher welfare than the equilibrium with weak family ties IFF (1) is suffi ciently large The economy can be coordinated on an equilibrium in which the labor market can be either too rigid or too flexible 26 / 56
37 Wefare comparison The equilibrium with strong family ties provides higher welfare than the equilibrium with weak family ties IFF (1) is suffi ciently large The economy can be coordinated on an equilibrium in which the labor market can be either too rigid or too flexible 26 / 56
38 Wefare comparison The equilibrium with strong family ties provides higher welfare than the equilibrium with weak family ties IFF (1) is suffi ciently large The economy can be coordinated on an equilibrium in which the labor market can be either too rigid or too flexible 26 / 56
39 Wefare comparison The equilibrium with strong family ties provides higher welfare than the equilibrium with weak family ties IFF (1) is suffi ciently large The economy can be coordinated on an equilibrium in which the labor market can be either too rigid or too flexible 26 / 56
40 The model The dynamics of family values Paternalistic parents wish to transmit their own values to their children (Bisin and Verdier, 2001) Each individual lives for one period, and has payoffs as before Children inherit family values with probability p and are free to choose their family values with probability 1 p 27 / 56
41 The model The dynamics of family values Paternalistic parents wish to transmit their own values to their children (Bisin and Verdier, 2001) Each individual lives for one period, and has payoffs as before Children inherit family values with probability p and are free to choose their family values with probability 1 p 27 / 56
42 The model The dynamics of family values Paternalistic parents wish to transmit their own values to their children (Bisin and Verdier, 2001) Each individual lives for one period, and has payoffs as before Children inherit family values with probability p and are free to choose their family values with probability 1 p 27 / 56
43 Sequence of events repeated in each period with an infinite horizon, with a fraction pσ t 1 contrained to have strong family ties and a fraction p(1 σ t 1 ) to have weak family ties. If σ 0 > 1/2p, then the median voter chooses to regulate the labor market and every individual is better off with strong family ties. The share of individuals with strong family ties in period 1 will be σ 1 = 1 p(1 σ 0 ). In period t the labor market is regulated and the share of individuals with strong family ties σ t = 1 t pt (1 σ 0 ) 1 σ 0 < 1 1/2p the same type of reasoning shows that the economy has flexible labor market in period t and that σ t 0 t 28 / 56
44 Sequence of events repeated in each period with an infinite horizon, with a fraction pσ t 1 contrained to have strong family ties and a fraction p(1 σ t 1 ) to have weak family ties. If σ 0 > 1/2p, then the median voter chooses to regulate the labor market and every individual is better off with strong family ties. The share of individuals with strong family ties in period 1 will be σ 1 = 1 p(1 σ 0 ). In period t the labor market is regulated and the share of individuals with strong family ties σ t = 1 t pt (1 σ 0 ) 1 σ 0 < 1 1/2p the same type of reasoning shows that the economy has flexible labor market in period t and that σ t 0 t 28 / 56
45 Sequence of events repeated in each period with an infinite horizon, with a fraction pσ t 1 contrained to have strong family ties and a fraction p(1 σ t 1 ) to have weak family ties. If σ 0 > 1/2p, then the median voter chooses to regulate the labor market and every individual is better off with strong family ties. The share of individuals with strong family ties in period 1 will be σ 1 = 1 p(1 σ 0 ). In period t the labor market is regulated and the share of individuals with strong family ties σ t = 1 t pt (1 σ 0 ) 1 σ 0 < 1 1/2p the same type of reasoning shows that the economy has flexible labor market in period t and that σ t 0 t 28 / 56
46 Sequence of events repeated in each period with an infinite horizon, with a fraction pσ t 1 contrained to have strong family ties and a fraction p(1 σ t 1 ) to have weak family ties. If σ 0 > 1/2p, then the median voter chooses to regulate the labor market and every individual is better off with strong family ties. The share of individuals with strong family ties in period 1 will be σ 1 = 1 p(1 σ 0 ). In period t the labor market is regulated and the share of individuals with strong family ties σ t = 1 t pt (1 σ 0 ) 1 σ 0 < 1 1/2p the same type of reasoning shows that the economy has flexible labor market in period t and that σ t 0 t 28 / 56
47 If p > 1/2 and if the initial share of individuals with strong family ties is large rigid labor market small flexible labor markets 29 / 56
48 If p > 1/2 and if the initial share of individuals with strong family ties is large rigid labor market small flexible labor markets 29 / 56
49 If p > 1/2 and if the initial share of individuals with strong family ties is large rigid labor market small flexible labor markets 29 / 56
50 The model yields two main predictions: 1 Individuals with strong family ties prefer more stringent labor market regulation, because they want to stay geographically immobile and they want to be protected from the monopsony power of firms 2 The strength of family ties can persist over time and can have persistent effects on labor market regulation if family values are transmitted across generations 30 / 56
51 Family ties and the demand for labor market regulation We document two facts 1 strong family ties predict strong demand for job security and wage regulation 2 positive cross-country correlations between the strength of family ties and labor market rigidity 31 / 56
52 Family ties and the demand for labor market regulation Data World Values Survey: 4 waves, : family ties, preference for job security, demand for regulation International Social Survey Program: demand for wage regulation Word Bank: employment protection Aghion, Algan, Cahuc (2008) and ILO: minimum wage 32 / 56
53 Family ties: (Alesina and Giuliano (2007)) 1 How important is the family in one person s life (with 4 being very important and 1 not important at all) 2 Do you agree with one of the two statements (taking the values of 1 and 2 respectively): 1) One does not have the duty to respect and love parents who have not earned it; 2) Regardless of what the qualities and faults of one s parents are, one must always love and respect them. 3 Do you agree with one of the two statements (taking the values of 1 or 2 respectively): 1) Parents have a life of their own; 2) It is the parents duty to do their best for their children even at the expense of their own well-being; We combine these measures by extracting the first principal component 33 / 56
54 Family ties: (Alesina and Giuliano (2007)) 1 How important is the family in one person s life (with 4 being very important and 1 not important at all) 2 Do you agree with one of the two statements (taking the values of 1 and 2 respectively): 1) One does not have the duty to respect and love parents who have not earned it; 2) Regardless of what the qualities and faults of one s parents are, one must always love and respect them. 3 Do you agree with one of the two statements (taking the values of 1 or 2 respectively): 1) Parents have a life of their own; 2) It is the parents duty to do their best for their children even at the expense of their own well-being; We combine these measures by extracting the first principal component 33 / 56
55 Family ties: (Alesina and Giuliano (2007)) 1 How important is the family in one person s life (with 4 being very important and 1 not important at all) 2 Do you agree with one of the two statements (taking the values of 1 and 2 respectively): 1) One does not have the duty to respect and love parents who have not earned it; 2) Regardless of what the qualities and faults of one s parents are, one must always love and respect them. 3 Do you agree with one of the two statements (taking the values of 1 or 2 respectively): 1) Parents have a life of their own; 2) It is the parents duty to do their best for their children even at the expense of their own well-being; We combine these measures by extracting the first principal component 33 / 56
56 Family ties: (Alesina and Giuliano (2007)) 1 How important is the family in one person s life (with 4 being very important and 1 not important at all) 2 Do you agree with one of the two statements (taking the values of 1 and 2 respectively): 1) One does not have the duty to respect and love parents who have not earned it; 2) Regardless of what the qualities and faults of one s parents are, one must always love and respect them. 3 Do you agree with one of the two statements (taking the values of 1 or 2 respectively): 1) Parents have a life of their own; 2) It is the parents duty to do their best for their children even at the expense of their own well-being; We combine these measures by extracting the first principal component 33 / 56
57 Preference for job security (WVS) Here are some more aspects of a job that people say are important. Please look at them and tell me which ones you personally think are important in a job?: Good Job Security? The answers take on the value 1 if job security is mentioned and zero otherwise Demand for wage regulation (ISSP) "Here is a list of potential government actions for the economy: Control wages by law?" The answer can take on values from strongly agree (4) to strongly disagree (1) 34 / 56
58 Cross-country correlations Firing costs DNK LTU NLD EST BLR FIN DEU CHN GRC MEX PRT TUR ROM ARG IRN IND BRA IDN VNM JOR PHL MAR EGY AUT ESP PER IRL CHL BGD ITA SVN VEN HRV ZAF MKD GBRHUN BGR FRA CAN ZWE SWE JPN CZE POL KGZ LVA BELUKR DZA NOR CHE ISL UGA AUS NGA USA PRI Strength of Family ties 35 / 56
59 Stringency of wage regulation LTU DNK NLD EST FIN DEU AUS FRA IND PER DZA MAR ARG CHL UKR SVN POL GRC BGD ROM BGR HUN CZE PRT SVK ESP LVA GBR CAN ITA ZAF BRA AUT CHN JPN BEL MEX USA RUS SWE CHE TUR Strength of Family ties NGA PHL IDNVEN 36 / 56
60 Preference for job security LTU DNK NLD VNM BGD IND VEN DZA NGA HUN SVN UGA EGY HRV IRN ZWE NOR ZAF PHL UKR USA PRI AUT CHL BGR POL CHE PRT BRA CAN FINDEU GRC JPN MEX SVK ESP CHN ROM AUS ARG ITA RUSLUX GBR IRL SWE CZE EST BLR ISL LVA BEL FRA TUR PER JOR MAR IDN Strength of Family ties 37 / 56
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62 Dependent variable Firing Cost State regulation of minimum wage Strong family ties.306 **.018 ** (.134) (.007) Observations R Control: Legal origin (Common law, civil law, Scand, German) Source: World Values Survey, Alesina et Giuliano (2007), ILO (2007) and Botero et al. (2004) 39 / 56
63 Microeconomic evidence Strong family ties Important thing in a job: Job security.021 ***.012 *** (.004) (.002) Government should own the businesses.100 ***.042 * (.029) (.024) Time effects Yes Yes Yes Yes Country-x Time No Yes No Yes N Source: WVS - Controls: gender, education, political orientation, religion, income, Robust standard errors clustered at the country level: : ***:1%, **: 5%, *: / 56
64 The persistent effects of family ties We show that: 1 Second generation U.S. immigrants inherit the family values and the behavior of their country of origin 41 / 56
65 The persistent effects of family ties We show that: 1 Second generation U.S. immigrants inherit the family values and the behavior of their country of origin 2 The strength of family ties before WWII is correlated with labor market rigidities at the beginning of the 21st century 41 / 56
66 The persistent effects of family ties Intergenerational transmission of family values General Social Survey to study the impact of family values on attitudes of U.S. immigrants towards labor market regulation (since 1977) March Supplement of the Current Population Survey of the U.S. to study labor market outcomes of immigrants. (since 1994) Both surveys provide information on the birth place and the country of origin of the respondent 42 / 56
67 For both attitudes and labor market outcomes, we run the following OLS or probit (depending on the nature of the left hand side variable) regressions: Y ic = α 0 + α 1 family_ties c + α 2 X i + δ s + ε ic Y ic is our variable of interest for an immigrant i whose forbear was born in country c X i are individual controls family_ties k is the measure of strong family ties calculated from the WVS in the country of origin δ s state or county dummies whenever possible 43 / 56
68 Mobility Strong family ties in home country *** (.007) *** (.006) N Mobility= 1 if the individual moved from/in a different state, or abroad in the last five years Controls: gender, education, family status, income 44 / 56
69 Unemployed Strong family ties in home country.014 *** (.005).012 *** (0.005) N Unemployed is a dummy equal to 1 if the person is unemployed Controls: gender, education, family status, income 45 / 56
70 Strong family ties in home country Log hourly wage All Unskilled Skilled *** ** ** (.0018) (.024) (.037) N Unskilled 12 years of schooling Controls: gender, education, family status, income 46 / 56
71 Important thing in a job: security Strong family ties.486 *** in home country (.093) N 8063 GSS - Controls: gender, age, education, income, political affi liation 47 / 56
72 Government should save job.705 *** (.023) Government should regulate wage.856 *** (.042) Strong family ties in home country N GSS - Controls: gender, age, education, income, political affi liation 48 / 56
73 The persistent effects of family ties The persistent effects of family ties on labor market regulation Family values are transmitted across generations We show now the persistent effect of family values Countries with stronger family ties before WWII have more rigid labor markets in the beginning of the 21st century 49 / 56
74 We detect family values before 1940 by looking at the family values inherited from their country of origin by U.S. immigrants whose forebears arrived in the U.S. before 1940 (second gen. born before 1940, third ge, born before 1965 and fourth gen. born 1990) Country of origin fixed effects OLS regression for answers to the question about family ties in the GSS 50 / 56
75 The question is: Do you spend social evening with relatives? 1 almost daily 2 several times a week 3 several times a month 4 once a month 5 several times a year 6 once a year 7 never 51 / 56
76 Strength of family ties in LTU POLITA ARG CAN IRL PRT FRA HUN GBR BEL CZE RUSJPN CHECHN NOR SWE DEU NLD DNK AUT FIN GRC ESP IND MEX PHL ROM Strength of Family ties before / 56
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79 Dependent variable Firing Cost State regulation of minimum wage Strength of family ties before ** (.162).018 ** (.007) R N Control: Legal origin (Common law, civil law, Scand, German) Source: GSS, ILO (2007) and Botero et al. (2004) 55 / 56
80 Conclusion Countries with strong family ties favour a host of labor market regulations. Indivuals coming from strong family ties societies also have lower geographical mobility, wages and employment. Low employment associated with labor market rigidity could be the price that certain countries choose to pay in order to enjoy the benefits of family ties This conclusion illustrates the interest of accounting for cultural values in economics and their interaction with institutions 56 / 56
81 Conclusion Countries with strong family ties favour a host of labor market regulations. Indivuals coming from strong family ties societies also have lower geographical mobility, wages and employment. Low employment associated with labor market rigidity could be the price that certain countries choose to pay in order to enjoy the benefits of family ties This conclusion illustrates the interest of accounting for cultural values in economics and their interaction with institutions 56 / 56
82 Conclusion Countries with strong family ties favour a host of labor market regulations. Indivuals coming from strong family ties societies also have lower geographical mobility, wages and employment. Low employment associated with labor market rigidity could be the price that certain countries choose to pay in order to enjoy the benefits of family ties This conclusion illustrates the interest of accounting for cultural values in economics and their interaction with institutions 56 / 56
83 Conclusion Countries with strong family ties favour a host of labor market regulations. Indivuals coming from strong family ties societies also have lower geographical mobility, wages and employment. Low employment associated with labor market rigidity could be the price that certain countries choose to pay in order to enjoy the benefits of family ties This conclusion illustrates the interest of accounting for cultural values in economics and their interaction with institutions 56 / 56
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