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Product Market Deregulation and Employment Outcomes: Evidence from the German Retail Sector

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This paper investigates the effects of the deregulation of shop-opening hours legislation on retail employment in Germany. In 2006, the legislative competence was shifted from the federal to the state level, leading to a gradual deregulation of shop opening restrictions in most of Germany s sixteen federal states. The paper exploits regional variation in the legislation in order to identify the effect of product market deregulation on retail employment. We find robust evidence that the deregulation had negative effects on retail employment, with considerable heterogeneity in terms of the type of employment as well as establishment size. Employment losses are most pronounced for small retail stores and are almost exclusively borne by full-time employees.

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  • Senftleben-König, Charlotte, 2014. "Product Market Deregulation and Employment Outcomes: Evidence from the German Retail Sector," VfS Annual Conference 2014 (Hamburg): Evidence-based Economic Policy 100539, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
    • L81 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Retail and Wholesale Trade; e-Commerce

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