Privatised firms and labour outcomes in emerging markets

Chong, Alberto; León-Ciliotta, Gianmarco

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220380902935899

Privatised firms and labour outcomes in emerging markets

Citation

Chong A, Leon G. Privatised firms and labour outcomes in emerging markets. J Dev Stud. 2009;45(9):1513-25. DOI: 10.1080/00220380902935899

Abstract

A recent large firm-level dataset is analysed to compare labour indicators of privatised, private, and public firms around the world, in particular differences relating to wages, benefits, labour composition, education and training, unionisation, and quality of management. We find that labour productivity and the ratio of permanent to temporary workers increase after privatisation.